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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. He brought them before the king of Mo'av: and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the days David was in the stronghold. And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was hiding in the stronghold. So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time that David was in the stronghold. Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. And he brought them before the King of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the while that Dauid was in the holde. Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the fortress. So he brought his parents to the king of Moab, and they stayed with him while David was in hiding. He presented them to the king of Mo'av, and they lived with him as long as David remained in his stronghold. And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they abode with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. So David left his parents with the king of Moab. They stayed with the king of Moab as long as David was at the fort. And he left them with the king of Moab; and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in Mizpeh. So David left his parents with the king of Moab, and they stayed there as long as David was hiding out in the cave. And he settled them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the days David was in the stronghold. And he lefte them before the kynge of ye Moabites, so that they remayned by him, as longe as Dauid was in the castell. And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. And he took them to the king of Moab and they went on living with him while David was in his safe place. And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the whyle that Dauid kept him selfe in the holde. And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that Dauid was in the hold. And he persuaded the King of Moab, and they dwell with him continually, while David was in the hold. And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. 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. And he lefte hem bifor the face of the kyng of Moab; and thei dwelliden at hym in alle daies, `in whiche Dauid was in `the forselet, ether stronghold. and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress. And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. He brought them before the king of Moab: and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. So David's parents stayed in Moab with the king during the entire time David was living in his stronghold. Then he left them with the king of Moab. They stayed with him all the time that David was in his safe place. He left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. So he set them before the king of Moab, - and they dwelt with him, all the days that David was in the fortress. And he left them under thc eyes of the king of Moab, and they abode with him all the days that David was in the hold. And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. and he leads them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress. Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Doubting;   Jesse;   Mizpah;   Moabites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ahimelech;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moab;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Hold;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem;   Boaz;   Ithmah;   Ithra;   Joab;   Moab;   Nahash;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hold;   Mizpah, Mizpeh;   Moab and the Moabite Stone;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesse;   Nob;   Priests and Levites;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Moab, Moabites ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mo'ab;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hold;   Jesse;   Moab;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Caves in Palestine;   Nahash;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
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.
Hebrew Names Version
He brought them before the king of Mo'av: and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
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.
Lexham English Bible
So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the days David was in the stronghold.
English Standard Version
And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
New Century Version
So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was hiding in the stronghold.
New English Translation
So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time that David was in the stronghold.
Amplified Bible
Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
New American Standard Bible
Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he brought them before the King of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the while that Dauid was in the holde.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the fortress.
Contemporary English Version
So he brought his parents to the king of Moab, and they stayed with him while David was in hiding.
Complete Jewish Bible
He presented them to the king of Mo'av, and they lived with him as long as David remained in his stronghold.
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
So David left his parents with the king of Moab. They stayed with the king of Moab as long as David was at the fort.
George Lamsa Translation
And he left them with the king of Moab; and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in Mizpeh.
Good News Translation
So David left his parents with the king of Moab, and they stayed there as long as David was hiding out in the cave.
Literal Translation
And he settled them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the days David was in the stronghold.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he lefte them before the kynge of ye Moabites, so that they remayned by him, as longe as Dauid was in the castell.
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.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the whyle that Dauid kept him selfe in the holde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
King James Version (1611)
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that Dauid was in the hold.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he persuaded the King of Moab, and they dwell with him continually, while David was in the hold.
English Revised Version
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he lefte hem bifor the face of the kyng of Moab; and thei dwelliden at hym in alle daies, `in whiche Dauid was in `the forselet, ether 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.
Update Bible Version
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
Webster's Bible Translation
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 while that David was in the stronghold.
New King James Version
So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
New Living Translation
So David's parents stayed in Moab with the king during the entire time David was living in his stronghold.
New Life Bible
Then he left them with the king of Moab. They stayed with him all the time that David was in his safe place.
New Revised Standard
He left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he set them before the king of Moab, - and they dwelt with him, all the days that David was in the fortress.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he left them under thc eyes of the king of Moab, and they abode with him all the days that David was in the hold.
Revised Standard Version
And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

Contextual Overview

1So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When David’s brothers and his father’s whole family heard, they went down and joined him there. 1 David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of `Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him. 1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. 1 David went from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's household heard, they came down to him there. 1 David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him. 1 David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and other relatives heard that he was there, they went to see him. 1 So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father's family learned about it, they went down there to him. 1So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father's house heard about it, they went down there to him. 1 So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father's household heard about it, they went down there to him. 1 Dauid therefore departed thence, and saued him selfe in the caue of Adullam: & when his brethren & all his fathers house heard it, they went downe thither to him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in the hold: 2 Samuel 23:13, 2 Samuel 23:14, 1 Chronicles 12:16, Gad, 2 Samuel 24:11, 1 Chronicles 21:9, 1 Chronicles 29:29, 2 Chronicles 29:25, depart, 1 Samuel 23:1-6, Nehemiah 6:11, Psalms 11:1, Isaiah 8:12-14, David departed, Matthew 10:23

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 10:2 - as his father 1 Timothy 5:4 - learn

Cross-References

Exodus 5:3
They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."
Exodus 5:3
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
Exodus 5:3
And they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go on a three-day journey into the desert, and let us sacrifice to Yahweh our God, lest he strike us with plague or with sword."
Exodus 5:3
Then Aaron and Moses said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. If we don't do this, he may kill us with a disease or in war."
Exodus 5:3
And they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go a three-day journey into the desert so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, so that he does not strike us with plague or the sword."
Exodus 5:3
Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go on a three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God, so that He does not discipline us with pestilence or with the sword."
Exodus 5:3
Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, otherwise He will strike us with plague or with the sword."
Exodus 5:3
And they saide, We worship the God of the Ebrewes: we pray thee, let vs goe three daies iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, least he bring vpon vs the pestilence or sword.
Exodus 5:3
Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God, lest He confront us with pestilence or with the sword."
Exodus 5:3
They answered, "The Lord God of the Hebrews, has appeared to us. Please let us walk three days into the desert where we can offer sacrifices to him. If you don't, he may strike us down with terrible troubles or with war."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he brought them before the king of Moab,.... Having leave from him for it, and left them with him; so the Targum,

"caused them to remain before him:''

and they dwelt with him all the whole time that David was in the hold; either in the cave of Adullam, as some think; or rather at Mizpeh in Moab, which might be a fortified place; or the sense may be, while he was in any hold in those parts, as he might go from one to another; what became of David's parents afterwards, we nowhere else read. The Jews z say the king of Moab slew his father and his mother, and his brethren, all but one, whom Nahash the Ammonite preserved; and is the kindness David speaks of, 2 Samuel 10:2; and if this was the case, now it was that his father and mother forsook him, and God took him up, Psalms 27:10.

z Bemnidbar Rabba, sect. 14. fol. 212. 1. Tanchuma apud Jarchium in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He 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.


 
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