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1 Samuel 22:4

He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

World English Bible Classic

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

3David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come out to you, until I know what God will do for me.”

5The prophet Gad said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah.” Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:1David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”

2 Samuel 24:11When David rose up in the morning, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

1 Chronicles 12:16Some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

1 Chronicles 29:29Now the acts of David the king, first and 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 6:11I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”

Isaiah 8:12“Don’t call a conspiracy all that this people call a conspiracy. Don’t fear their threats or be terrorized.

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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