1 Samuel 22:4

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

Literal

And he brought them in before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

Latin

Et reliquit eos ante faciem regis Moab: manseruntque apud eum cunctis diebus quibus David fuit in præsidio.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

1 Samuel 22:3–4

Mizpeh 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).

1 Samuel 22:1–23

Saul’s character is clear here. He could not take revenge on David himself. Instead, Saul killed those he believed had helped David.

Theme notes and profiles

David Saul The Righteous Suffer

Events

Reign of Saul

Related verses

Psalm 11:1
For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
Nehemiah 6:11
But 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!”
2 Samuel 23:13–14
At 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.
Isaiah 8:12–14
“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
Matthew 10:23
When 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.
1 Chronicles 12:16
Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
2 Samuel 24:11
When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
1 Chronicles 29:29
Now 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 29:25
Hezekiah 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 23:1–6
Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
1 Chronicles 21:9
And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,

Parallels

Psalm 57:1–11 Psalm 142:1–7

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ

Places

Moab: Ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in Jordan

Glossary

Abiathar David Doeg Ruth, Book of Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Children: David Doubting: Exemplified Jesse: Lives with David in Moab Mizpah: A City in Moab: David Puts his Parents Into the Care of the King of Moabites: David Takes Refuge Among, from Saul Moabites: Gave an Asylum to David's Family

1 Samuel 22:4

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