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

2Anyone who was in distress, anyone in debt, and anyone embittered rallied around him, and he became their leader. There were about 400 men with him. 3Then David left 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 brought them to the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. 5But the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go to the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth. 6Then Saul heard that David and the men with him were located. Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the height, spear in his hand, and all his courtiers were attending him.

1 Samuel 22:4 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he broughtנָחָהnâchâh · to leadH5148
• them beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• and they dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• with him all the whileיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• was in the holdמְצוּדָהmâtsûd metsûdâh metsûdâh · fortressH4686

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 22:4

• 2 Samuel 23:13Once the three of the thirty chiefs went down and came to David at the cave of Adullam during the harvest, while a troop of Philistines was camping in the Valley of Rephaim.
• 1 Chronicles 12:16These were the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing its banks, routing all those in the valleys to the east and to the west.
• 2 Samuel 24:11When David rose up in the morning, the word of Adonai came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying:
• 1 Chronicles 21:9Then Adonai spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying:
• 1 Chronicles 29:29Now the acts of King David, the first and the last, behold, 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 stationed the Levites in the House of Adonai 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 was by the authority of Adonai through His prophets.
• 1 Samuel 23:1Then they reported to David saying, “Look, the Philistines are raiding Keilah and they are plundering the threshing floors.”
• Nehemiah 6:11But I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who in my position could go into the Temple and live? I will not go in.”
• Psalms 11:1For the music director, a psalm of David. In Adonai I have taken shelter. How can you say to my soul: “Fly like a bird to your mountain?
• Isaiah 8:12“Do not say: ‘It’s a conspiracy!’ about everything that these people call a conspiracy. You must not fear or tremble at what they fear.
• Matthew 10:23Whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next. Amen, I tell you, you will never finish going through the cities 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