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.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 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 captain over them; and there were with him about four hundred men.

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Cross References

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 24:4(24-5) And the men of David said unto him: 'Behold the day in which the LORD hath 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 chiefs went down to the rock to David, unto the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

Psalms 57:1(57-1) For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David; Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave. (57-2) Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me, for in Thee hath my soul taken refuge; yea, in the shadow of Thy wings will I take refuge, until calamities be overpast.

Micah 1:3For, behold, the LORD 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 →

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