1 Samuel 22:4

So he set them before the king of Moab,—and they dwelt with him, all the days that David was in the fortress.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 thence, to Mizpah of Moab,—and said unto the king of Moab, I pray thee, let my father and my mother dwell with you, until that I know what God will do for me.

5Then said Gad the prophet unto David—Thou must not abide in the fortress, go and get thee into the land of Judah. So David departed, and entered the forest of Hereth.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:1Then told they David, saying,—Lo! the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing-floors.

2 Samuel 24:11And, when David arose in the morning, the word of Yahweh, had come unto Gad the prophet, the seer of David, saying:

1 Chronicles 12:16And there came, of the sons of Benjamin, and Judah, as far as the stronghold, unto David.

1 Chronicles 29:29Now, the acts of David the king, first and last, behold them! written in the records of Samuel the seer, and in the records of Nathan the prophet, and in the records of Gad the seer:

Nehemiah 6:11Then said I, Should, such a man as I, flee? Who then, being such as I, would enter the temple to save his life? I will not enter.

Isaiah 8:12Ye shall not say—A confederacy! of everything of which this people may say. A confederacy! And their fear, shall ye not fear or regard as awful:

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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