en_tn_condensed/1sa/30/26.md

Connecting Statement:

The writer begins a list of cities whose elders received gifts from David.

Ziklag ... Bethel ... Jattir ... Aroer ... Siphmoth ... Eshtemoa

names of towns (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

booty

goods that David had taken from the Amalekites after the battle. See how you translated this in 1 Samuel 30:16.

a present

"a gift"