Captives or cattle or objects of value taken in war. In Canaan all that breathed were to be destroyed ( Deuteronomy 20 :: 16 ). The "pictures and images" of the Canaanites were to be destroyed also ( Numbers 33:52 ). The law of booty as to its division is laid down in Numbers 31:26-47 . David afterwards introduced a regulation that the baggage-guard should share the booty equally with the soldiers engaged in battle. He also devoted of the spoils of war for the temple ( 1 Samuel 30:24-26 ; 2 Samuel 8:11 ; 1 Chronicles 26:27 ).
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)