And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint ... This unexpected accession of spoil was nearly proving an occasion of quarrel, through the selfish cupidity of some of his followers, and serious consequences might have ensued had they not been prevented by the prudence of the leader, who enacted as a standing ordinance the equitable rule that all the soldiers should share alike (see the notes at Numbers 31:11; Numbers 31:27).