2 Tawarikh 14:13-15

14:13 and Asa and his army chased them as far as Gerar. The Cushites were wiped out; ¹  they were shattered before the Lord and his army. The men of Judah ²  carried off a huge amount of plunder. 14:14 They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the Lord caused them to panic. ³  The men of Judah ⁴  looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods. ⁵  14:15 They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen in charge of the livestock. ⁶  They carried off many sheep and camels and then returned to Jerusalem. ⁷ 

Bilangan 31:28-29

31:28 “You must exact ⁸  a tribute for the Lord from the fighting men who went out to battle: one life out of five hundred, from the people, the cattle, and from the donkeys and the sheep. 31:29 You are to take it from their half-share and give it to Eleazar the priest for a raised offering to the Lord.

Bilangan 31:50

31:50 So we have brought as an offering for the Lord what each man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves ⁹  before the Lord.” ¹⁰ 

Bilangan 31:1

The Midianite War

31:1 ¹¹ The Lord spoke to Moses:

1 Samuel 15:15

15:15 Saul said, “They were brought ¹²  from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord our God. But everything else we slaughtered.”

1 Samuel 15:21

15:21 But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle – the best of what was to be slaughtered – to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 15:1

Saul Is Rejected as King

15:1 Then Samuel said to Saul, “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says. ¹³ 

1 Samuel 26:1

David Spares Saul’s Life Again

26:1 The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near ¹⁴  Jeshimon?”

1 Samuel 26:1

David Spares Saul’s Life Again

26:1 The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near ¹⁵  Jeshimon?”

[14:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and there fell from the Cushites so that there was not to them preservation of life.”

[14:13]  ² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:14]  ³ tn Heb “for the terror of the Lord was upon them.”

[14:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “for great plunder was in them.”

[14:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “and also they struck down the tents of the livestock.”

[14:15]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[31:28]  ⁸ tn The verb is the Hiphil, “you shall cause to be taken up.” The perfect with vav (ו) continues the sequence of the instructions. This raised offering was to be a tax of one-fifth of one percent for the Lord.

[31:50]  ⁹ tn Heb “our souls.”

[31:50]  ¹⁰ sn The expression here may include the idea of finding protection from divine wrath, which is so common to Leviticus, but it may also be a thank offering for the fact that their lives had been spared.

[31:1]  ¹¹ sn This lengthy chapter records the mobilization of the troops (vv. 1-5), the war itself (vv. 6-13), the death of the captive women (vv. 14-18), the purification of the nations (vv. 19-24), and the distribution of the spoils (vv. 25-54). For more detail, see G. W. Coats, “Moses in Midian,” JBL 92 (1973): 3-10; and W. J. Dumbrell, “Midian – a Land or a League?” VT 25 (1975): 323-37.

[15:15]  ¹² tn Heb “they brought them.”

[15:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “to the voice of the words of the Lord” (so KJV).

[26:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “upon the face of.”

[26:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “upon the face of.”