Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Unjust. Hebrew Belial. See Deuteronomy xiii. 13. (Calmet)
David saluted those who had remained at Besor, to show that he approved of their conduct, unless we may attribute it to his great clemency. (Menochius)