16 Now when he had brought him down, behold, they were dispersed over all the land, (A)eating and drinking and celebrating because of (B)all the great plunder that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

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16 He led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling(A) because of the great amount of plunder(B) they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.

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(A)You will multiply the nation,
You (B)will [a]increase [b]their joy;
They will rejoice in Your presence
As with the joy [c]of harvest,
As people (C)rejoice when they divide the spoils.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:3 Another reading is not increase
  2. Isaiah 9:3 Lit the
  3. Isaiah 9:3 Lit in

You have enlarged the nation(A)
    and increased their joy;(B)
they rejoice before you
    as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
    when dividing the plunder.(C)

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