# 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](../30/16.md).

# a present

"a gift"