1 Samuel 22:4

And he left them under the eyes of the king of Moab, and they abode with him all the days that David was in the hold.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

In Context

3And David departed from thence into Maspha of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab: Let my father and my mother tarry with you, I beseech thee, till I know what God will do for me.

5And Gad the prophet said to David: Abide not in the hold, depart, and go into the land of Juda. And David departed, and came into the forest of Haret.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:1And they told David, saying: Behold the Philistines fight against Ceila, and they rob the barns.

2 Samuel 24:11And David arose in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to Gad the prophet and the seer of David, saying:

1 Chronicles 12:16And there came also of the men of Benjamin, and of Juda to the hold, in which David abode.

1 Chronicles 29:29Now the acts of king David first and last are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer:

Nehemiah 6:11And I said: Should such a man as I Bee? and who is there that being as I am, would go into the temple, to save his life? I will not go in.

Isaiah 8:12Say ye not: A conspiracy: for all that this people speaketh, is a conspiracy: neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 22:2-6

David in the Cave of Adullam. ( b. c. 1057.) 1 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. 2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. 3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and… Read the whole commentary →

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