1 Samuel 17:53

Modern

When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.

Traditional

And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

Literal

And the sons of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camps.

Latin

Et revertentes filii Israël postquam persecuti fuerant Philisthæos, invaserunt castra eorum.

Hebrew

English

When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.

Unless specifically forbidden (for example, 1 Samuel 15:3; Joshua 6:18), winning a battle allowed taking war spoils (Deuteronomy 2:35; Joshua 8:2).

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah 4:20
Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
Jeremiah 30:16
Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.
2 Kings 7:7–16
Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Philistia: An ancient people and region in Canaan