Bible Strands
1 Samuel 30:27
He sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David distributes recovered plunder to allied communities in Judah immediately after reclaiming his stolen goods from the Amalekites. He directs these gifts to specific towns in the hill country and the Negev region.
The words — The Hebrew phrase לַ/אֲשֶׁ֧ר (la./'a.Sher) literally means "for [those] who," functioning as a relative pronoun introducing the recipients. This grammatical marker structurally links the act of sending to the subsequent list of locations.
The thread — The listed towns appear in territorial records elsewhere: Jattir is noted in the hill country allotment (Joshua 15:48), while Bethel and the Negev region surface in earlier patriarchal and tribal inheritance accounts (Genesis 28:19; Joshua 19:8).
Why it lands — The text records a strategic distribution of spoils to secure political alliances in Judah. The reader observes how military victory is immediately converted into diplomatic provision for specific communities.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
To them which were in Beth–el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
Cross-references
- Joshua 15:48 These were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
- Joshua 19:8 and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Simeon.
- Genesis 28:19 and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- Joshua 21:14 Jattir, Eshtemoa,
- Judges 1:22 The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
- Joshua 7:2 Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
- Joshua 16:2 It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.
- 1 Kings 12:29 One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.