1 Samuel 22:1
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father`s house heard it, they went down thither to him.
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Genesis 38:1And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
1 Samuel 24:4And the men of David said unto him, Behold, the day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thy hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul`s robe privily.
1 Chronicles 11:15And three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
Psalms 57:1Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until [these] calamities be overpast.
Micah 1:3For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and 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 →