Divide what was taken into two equal parts, one part for the soldiers and the other part for the rest of the community.
“Kings and their armies are running away!” The women at home divided what was captured:
figures of doves covered with silver, whose wings glittered with fine gold. (Why did some of you stay among the sheep pens on the day of battle?)
“You and Eleazar, together with the other leaders of the community, are to count everything that has been captured, including the prisoners and the animals.
David and his men started crying and did not stop until they were completely exhausted.