And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
David had come back to Ziklag after striking the Amalekites and getting back both the captives and the plunder taken from them. The verse gives part of the list of towns and districts whose inhabitants were given a portion of that recovered spoil. Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa are named here as among those places sharing in the distribution. That distribution rested on David's ruling that the men who remained behind with the supplies were to share equally with the men who went down into the battle.
David had come back to Ziklag after striking the Amalekites and getting back both the captives and the plunder taken from them. The verse gives part of the list of towns and districts whose inhabitants were given a portion of that recovered spoil. Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa are named here as among those places sharing in the distribution. That distribution rested on David's ruling that the men who remained behind with the supplies were to share equally with the men who went down into the battle.