American Standard Version
1 Samuel 22:4
4And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
1 Samuel 22:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
- New International Version (NIV)So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
Context of 1 Samuel 22:4
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. 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, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. 5And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth. 6And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him: now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk-tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.
Read all of 1 Samuel 221 Samuel 22:4 word by word
וַיַּנְחֵ֕ם אֶת־פְּנֵ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ עִמּ֔וֹ כָּל־יְמֵ֥י הֱיוֹת־דָּוִ֖ד בַּמְּצוּדָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 22:4
- 2 Samuel 23:13And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 12:16And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David.
- 2 Samuel 24:11And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
- 1 Chronicles 21:9And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,
- 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,
- 2 Chronicles 29:25And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Jehovah by his prophets.
- 1 Samuel 23:1And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors.
- Nehemiah 6:11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
- Psalms 11:1In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Fleeasa bird to your mountain;
- Isaiah 8:12Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread thereof.
- Matthew 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 22:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4He brought them before - The Septuagint renders it “he persuaded (the face of) the king.” In the hold - Where David was after he left the cave of Adullam, probably in the land of Moab. The phrase “all the while,” would indicate that David sojourned a considerable time in Moab.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Mizpeh in Moab was east of the Dead Sea and the Jordan River. It was a difficult journey from Adullam, especially if David's 400 men traveled with him (1 Samuel 22:2). they stayed with him: Jesse's grandmother, Ruth, was a Moabite (Ruth 4:13–22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-81Sa 22:1-8. David's Kindred and Others Resort to Him at Adullam. 1. David ... escaped to the cave Adullam--supposed to be that now called Deir-Dubban, a number of pits or underground vaults, some nearly square, and all about fifteen or twenty feet deep, with perpendicular sides, in the soft limestone or chalky rocks. They are on the borders of the Philistine plain at the base of the Judea mountains, six miles southwest from Beth-lehem, and well adapted…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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