New International VersionSo he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.
New Living TranslationSo David’s parents stayed in Moab with the king during the entire time David was living in his stronghold.
English Standard VersionAnd he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
Berean Standard BibleSo he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.
King James BibleAnd he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
New King James VersionSo he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
New American Standard BibleThen he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
NASB 1995Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
NASB 1977Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
Legacy Standard BibleThen he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the fortress.
Amplified BibleThen he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
Christian Standard BibleSo he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.
Holman Christian Standard BibleSo he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.
American Standard VersionAnd he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
Contemporary English VersionSo he brought his parents to the king of Moab, and they stayed with him while David was in hiding.
English Revised VersionAnd he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
GOD'S WORD® TranslationHe brought them to the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was living in his fortified camp.
Good News TranslationSo David left his parents with the king of Moab, and they stayed there as long as David was hiding out in the cave.
International Standard VersionDavid left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time David was in the stronghold.
NET BibleSo he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time that David was in the stronghold.
New Heart English BibleHe brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
Webster's Bible TranslationAnd he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleSo he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.
World English BibleHe brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand he leads them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David’s being in the fortress.
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.
Smith's Literal TranslationAnd he conducted them before the king of Moab: and they will dwell with him all the days David was in the fortress. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he left them under the eyes of the king of Moab, and they abode with him all the days that David was in the hold.
Catholic Public Domain VersionAnd he left them before the face of the king of Moab. And they stayed with him for all the days that David was in the stronghold.
New American BibleHe left them with the king of Moab; they stayed with him as long as David remained in the stronghold.
New Revised Standard VersionHe left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he left them with the king of Moab; and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in Mizpeh.
Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedAnd he left them with the King of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the days when was David in Metspaya OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
Brenton Septuagint TranslationAnd he persuaded the King of Moab, and they dwell with him continually, while David was in the hold.
Additional Translations ... Audio Bible
Context David Flees to Adullam and Mizpeh… 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.” 4So he left theminthe careof the kingof Moab,and they stayedwith himthe wholetimeDavidwasin 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.…
Cross References Ruth 1:1-5In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab. / The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there. / Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons, ...
2 Samuel 9:1-13Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?” / And there was a servant of the house of Saul named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied. / So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.” ...
2 Samuel 19:31-40Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there. / Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim. / The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.” ...
1 Kings 2:7But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
1 Kings 17:8-16Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: / “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.” / So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.” ...
2 Kings 4:1-7Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!” / “How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.” / “Go,” said Elisha, “borrow empty jars from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few. ...
2 Kings 8:1-6Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.” / So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines. / At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land. ...
Psalm 27:10Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
Psalm 37:25I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Isaiah 16:3-4“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees. / Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,
Jeremiah 49:11Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
Matthew 25:35-40For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ / Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ...
Mark 9:41Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.
Luke 4:25-26But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land. / Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.
Treasury of Scripture And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelled with him all the while that David was in the hold. in the hold 2 Samuel 23:13,14 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim… 1 Chronicles 12:16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. Gad 2 Samuel 24:11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 1 Chronicles 21:9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, theyare written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, depart 1 Samuel 23:1-6 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors… Nehemiah 6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and whois there, that,being as Iam, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. Psalm 11:1 To the chief Musician,A Psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Fleeas a bird to your mountain? David departed Matthew 10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. Jump to Previous AbodeDavidDavid'sDwellDweltHoldLeadethMoabSafeStrongholdTimeJump to Next AbodeDavidDavid'sDwellDweltHoldLeadethMoabSafeStrongholdTime1 Samuel 22 1.Companies resort unto David at Adullam3.At Mizpeh he commends his parents unto the king of Moab5.Admonished by Gad, he comes to Hareth,6.Saul going to pursue him, complains of his servants' unfaithfulness9.Doeg accuses Ahimelech11.Saul commands to kill the priests17.The footmen refusing, Doeg executes it20.Abiathar escaping, brings David the newsSo he left them in the care of the king of MoabDavid, fleeing from King Saul, sought refuge for his family with the king of Moab. This decision is significant given David's ancestry; his great-grandmother Ruth was a Moabitess ( Ruth 4:13-22). This connection may have influenced the king's willingness to provide sanctuary. Moab, located east of the Dead Sea, was often in conflict with Israel, yet at this time, they offered protection to David's family. This act of seeking refuge in Moab highlights the complex political and familial ties in the ancient Near East. and they stayed with him
David's family remained under the protection of the Moabite king, indicating a period of safety and stability amidst David's turbulent life. This arrangement suggests a level of trust and diplomacy between David and the Moabite king. It also reflects the precarious nature of David's situation, as he had to rely on foreign allies for the safety of his family. the whole time David was in the stronghold
The "stronghold" likely refers to the cave of Adullam or another secure location where David and his men took refuge (1 Samuel 22:1-2). During this time, David gathered a group of followers, including those in distress, debt, or discontented, forming the core of his future leadership. This period of hiding and preparation parallels the wilderness experiences of other biblical figures, such as Moses and Elijah, and foreshadows Christ's own time of testing and preparation before His public ministry. David's reliance on God during this time is a recurring theme, as seen in the Psalms attributed to him during his years of fleeing from Saul. Persons / Places / Events 1. DavidThe anointed future king of Israel, currently fleeing from King Saul. David is a central figure in this account, demonstrating leadership and care for his family. 2. King of MoabThe ruler of Moab, a neighboring nation to Israel. He provides refuge for David's family during this tumultuous time. 3. David's FamilyDavid's parents and possibly other relatives who are seeking safety from Saul's pursuit. 4. The StrongholdA place of refuge where David stays while evading Saul. It symbolizes a temporary place of safety and strategic planning. 5. MoabA nation east of Israel, historically connected to Israel through Ruth, David's great-grandmother, who was a Moabitess. Teaching Points Seeking Refuge in Times of TroubleJust as David sought a safe place for his family, we are encouraged to seek refuge in God during our own times of distress. God's Provision through Unlikely SourcesThe king of Moab, an unlikely ally, provides safety for David's family. God can use unexpected people and places to provide for our needs. Family Responsibility and CareDavid's concern for his family's safety highlights the importance of caring for and protecting our loved ones, even in difficult circumstances. Strategic Planning in FaithWhile David trusted God, he also took practical steps to ensure his family's safety, teaching us the balance between faith and action. Historical and Familial ConnectionsUnderstanding the historical ties between Israel and Moab through Ruth enriches our appreciation of God's providential care and the unfolding of His plans. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 22
What defines a demonic stronghold?
What evidence supports the psalmist’s confidence (Ps 61:3–4) in a physical “refuge” or “tower” when no solid archaeological proof exists?
Psalm 142:4 shows David claiming no one cares for him--how does this reconcile with 1 Samuel 22:2, where he has loyal followers?
While Leviticus 4 describes an intricate sacrificial system, why do other parts of the Bible suggest that God desires obedience over sacrifice (e.g., 1 Samuel 15:22)?(4) While that David was in the hold.--This "hold" is, of course, identical with the "hold" of 1Samuel 22:5, from which Gad the prophet directs David to depart, and to return into the land of Judah. It was, most likely, in the Land of Moab.
Parallel Commentaries ...
Hebrew So he leftוַיַּנְחֵ֕ם(way·yan·ḥêm)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5148:To guide, to transportthem inאֶת־(’eṯ-)Preposition
Strong's 854:Nearness, near, with, by, at, amongthe careפְּנֵ֖י(pə·nê)Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440:The faceof the kingמֶ֣לֶךְ(me·leḵ)Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428:A kingof Moab,מוֹאָ֑ב(mō·w·’āḇ)Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4124:Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settledand they stayedוַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ(way·yê·šə·ḇū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3427:To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marrywithעִמּ֔וֹ(‘im·mōw)Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5973:With, equally withhim the wholeכָּל־(kāl-)Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605:The whole, all, any, everytimeיְמֵ֥י(yə·mê)Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3117:A dayDavidדָּוִ֖ד(dā·wiḏ)Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732:David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jessewasהֱיוֹת־(hĕ·yō·wṯ-)Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961:To fall out, come to pass, become, bein the stronghold.בַּמְּצוּדָֽה׃(bam·mə·ṣū·ḏāh)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4686:A net, capture, a fastness
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