1 Samuel 22:4

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 all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him. 3From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.” So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold. 5Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth. 6Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.

1 Samuel 22:4 word by word

וַיַּנְחֵ֕ם אֶת־פְּנֵ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ עִמּ֔וֹ כָּל־יְמֵ֥י הֱיוֹת־דָּוִ֖ד בַּמְּצוּדָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• So he left themנָחָהnâchâh · to leadH5148
• inאֵת'êth · withH854
• the careפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• of the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• and they stayedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• with himעִם‛im · withH5973
• the wholeכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• timeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• wasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• in the strongholdמְצוּדָהmâtsûd metsûdâh metsûdâh · fortressH4686

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 22:4

• 2 Samuel 23:13At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
• 1 Chronicles 12:16Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
• 2 Samuel 24:11When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
• 1 Chronicles 21:9And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
• 1 Chronicles 29:29Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,
• 2 Chronicles 29:25Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
• 1 Samuel 23:1Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
• Nehemiah 6:11But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
• Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
• Isaiah 8:12“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
• Matthew 10:23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

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

Topics related to 1 Samuel 22:4

• Children
• Doubting
• Jesse
• Mizpah
• Moabites

In the dictionaries

• David
• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Abiathar
• Hold
• Jesse
• Nob
• Samuel, Books of

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