Lexicon :: Strong's H7998 - šālāl

“Benjamin is a [fn]ravenous wolf;

In the morning he devours the prey,

And at night he divides the spoil.”

“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;

My desire shall be satisfied against them;

I will draw my sword, my hand shall dispossess them and drive them out.’

‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil?

A maiden (concubine) or two for every man;

A spoil of dyed garments for Sisera,

A spoil of dyed garments embroidered,

Two pieces of dyed garments embroidered for the neck of the plunderer?’

When he brought David down, the Amalekites had disbanded and spread over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to the elders of Judah, his friends, saying, “Here is a blessing (gift) for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD:

Then the servants of David came with Joab from a raid and brought a great quantity of spoil with them; but Abner was not with David at Hebron, because David had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

Now it happened at the end of the year, that the army of Aram (Syria) went up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.

And the sons of Israel led away captive 200,000 of their kinsmen [of Judah]—women, sons, and daughters—and they also took a great quantity of spoil from them and brought it to Samaria.

“The kings of the [enemies’] armies flee, they flee,

And the beautiful woman who remains at home divides the spoil [left behind].”

I rejoice at Your word,

As one who finds great treasure.

We will find and take all kinds of precious possessions,

We will fill our houses with spoil;

It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly

Than to divide the spoil with the proud (haughty, arrogant).

The heart of her husband trusts in her [with secure confidence],

And he will have no lack of gain.

You [O God] will increase the nation,

You will multiply their joy;

They will rejoice before You

Like the joy and jubilation of the harvest,

As men rejoice when they divide the spoil [of victory].

So as to deprive the needy of justice

And rob the poor of My people of rightful claims,

So that widows may be their spoil

And that they may plunder the fatherless.

I send Assyria against a godless nation

And commission it against the people of My wrath

To take the spoil and to seize the plunder,

And to trample them down like mud in the streets.

Your spoil [of Israel’s foe] is gathered [by the people of Jerusalem] as the caterpillar gathers;

As locusts swarming so people swarm on it.

Your ship’s ropes (tackle) hang loose;

They cannot hold the base of their mast firmly,

Nor spread out the sail.

Then an abundance of spoil and plunder will be divided;

Even the lame will take the plunder.