1 Samuel 22:4

And he conducted them to the presence of the king of Moab: and they remained with him all the time that David was in the strong-hold.

Leeser Tanakh

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 went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, go forth with you, until I can know what God will do for me.

5And the prophet Gad said unto David, Thou must not remain in the strong-hold: depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Chereth.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:1Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Ke'ilah, and they are plundering the threshing-floors.

2 Samuel 24:11And when David was arisen in the morning, The word of the Lord came unto Gad the prophet, David's seer, saying,

1 Chronicles 12:16And there came some of the children of Benjamin and of Judah as far as the strong-hold unto David.

1 Chronicles 29:29And the acts of king David, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,

Nehemiah 6:11And I said, Should a man like me flee? and who is there that is like me, that would go into the temple and live? I will not go in.

Isaiah 8:12Call ye not a conspiracy all that this people may call a conspiracy, and what it feareth shall ye not fear, and be not terrified [thereat].

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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