1 Samuel 30:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

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 ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. Men of Belial - This is a common expression to denote the sour, the rugged, the severe, the idle, and the profane.

1 Samuel 30:22

22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of thosec that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.