Discovery Box1 Samuel 30:16 
Context30:16 So he took David 1 down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot 2 they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.
1 Samuel 30:22
Context30:22 But all the evil and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Since they didn’t go with us, 3 we won’t give them any of the loot we retrieved! They may take only their wives and children. Let them lead them away and be gone!”
1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “because of all the large plunder.”
3 tc Heb “with me.” The singular is used rather than the plural because the group is being treated as a singular entity, in keeping with Hebrew idiom. It is not necessary to read “with us,” rather than the MT “with me,” although the plural can be found here in a few medieval Hebrew
