1 Samuel 22:1

David therefore went from thence and fled to the cave of Odollam. And when his brethren, and all his father's house had heard of it, they went down to him thither;

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.

In Context

2And all that were in distress and oppressed with debt, and under affliction of mind gathered themselves unto him: and he became their prince, and there were with him about four hundred men.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:1At that time Juda went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Odollamite, named Hiras.

Joshua 15:35And Jerimoth and Adullam, Socho and Azeca,

1 Samuel 24:4And he came to the sheepcotes, which were in his way. And there was a cave, into which Saul went, to ease nature: now David and his men lay hid in the inner part of the cave.

1 Chronicles 11:15And three of the thirty captains went down to the rock, wherein David was, to the cave of Odollam, when the Philistines encamped in the valley of Raphaim.

Psalms 57:1Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave

Micah 1:3For behold the Lord will come forth out of his place: and he will come down, and will tread upon the high places of the earth.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 22:1

David, being driven from Achish, returns into the land of Israel to be hunted by Saul. I. David sets up his standard in the cave of Adullam, entertains his relations ( ver. 1 ), enlists soldiers ( ver. 2 ), but removes his aged parents to a more quiet settlement ( ver. 3, 4 ), and has the prophet Gad for his counsellor, ver. 5 . Saul resolves to pursue him and find him out, complains of his servants and Jonathan ( ver. 6-8 ), and, finding by Doeg's information that Ahimelech had been kind to David, he ordered him… Read the whole commentary →

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