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

2Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him; and he became captain over them. Now there were about four hundred men with him. 3And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.” Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. 5The prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah.” So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth. 6Then Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree on the height with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were 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

• Then he leftנָחָהnâchâh · to leadH5148
• them with the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• and they stayedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• with him allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the timeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• was in the strongholdמְצוּדָהmâtsûd metsûdâh metsûdâh · fortressH4686

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 22:4

• 2 Samuel 23:13Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, while the troop of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.
• 1 Chronicles 12:16Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.
• 2 Samuel 24:11When David arose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
• 1 Chronicles 21:9The Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
• 1 Chronicles 29:29Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the chronicles of Samuel the seer, in the chronicles of Nathan the prophet and in the chronicles of Gad the seer,
• 2 Chronicles 29:25He then stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with harps and with lyres, according to the command of David and of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the command was from the Lord through His prophets.
• 1 Samuel 23:1Then they told David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors.”
• Nehemiah 6:11But I said, “Should a man like me flee? And could one such as I go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”
• Psalms 11:1In the Lord I take refuge; How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain;
• Isaiah 8:12“You are not to say, ‘It is a conspiracy!’ In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy, And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it.
• Matthew 10:23“But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until 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