1 Samuel 22:4 “So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with…”

1 Samuel 22:4

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And he brought them before the King of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the while that Dauid was in the holde.

Darby Translation

And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they abode with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

Young's Literal Translation

and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress.

Bible in Basic English

And he took them to the king of Moab and they went on living with him while David was in his safe place.

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Cross references

“in the hold”

1 Chronicles 12:16 2 Samuel 23:13 2 Samuel 23:14

1 Chronicles 12:16 · BSB

Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.

2 Samuel 23:13 · BSB

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.

2 Samuel 23:14 · BSB

At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.

“Gad”

2 Samuel 24:11 1 Chronicles 21:9 1 Chronicles 29:29 2 Chronicles 29:25

2 Samuel 24:11 · BSB

When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

1 Chronicles 21:9 · BSB

And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,

1 Chronicles 29:29 · BSB

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 · BSB

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…

“depart”

Psalm 11:1 1 Samuel 23:1–6 Nehemiah 6:11 Isaiah 8:12–14

Psalm 11:1 · BSB

In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!

1 Samuel 23:1–6 · BSB

Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”

Nehemiah 6:11 · BSB

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!”

Isaiah 8:12–14 · BSB

“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.

“David departed”

Matthew 10:23

Matthew 10:23 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.”

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.

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