1 Samuel 22:1

Young's Literal Translation

And David goeth thence, and is escaped unto the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and all the house of his father, and go down unto him thither;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So 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.

Hebrew Names Version
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.

King James Version
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.

Lexham English Bible
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.

English Standard Version
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.

New Century Version
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.

New English Translation
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.

Amplified Bible
So 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.

New American Standard Bible
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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
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.

Legacy Standard Bible
So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's household heard of it and went down there to him.

Contemporary English Version
When David escaped from the town of Gath, he went to Adullam Cave. His brothers and the rest of his family found out where he was, and they followed him there.

Complete Jewish Bible
David left there and took refuge in the Cave of ‘Adulam. When his brothers and the rest of his father's family heard of it, they went down to see him there.

Darby Translation
And David departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And his brethren and all his father's house heard [it], and they went down thither to him.

Easy-to-Read Version
David left Gath and ran away to the cave of Adullam. David's brothers and relatives heard that David was at Adullam and went to see him there.

George Lamsa Translation
DAVID therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Arlam; and when his brothers and all his fathers household heard it, they went down there to him.

Good News Translation
David fled from the city of Gath and went to a cave near the town of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of the family heard that he was there, they joined him.

Literal Translation
And David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And his brothers heard, and all his father's house, and they went down to him there.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Dauid wente fro thence, & fled vnto the caue of Adullam. Whan his brethren and all his fathers house herde that, they came downe thither vnto him.

American Standard Version
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

Bible in Basic English
So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Dauid therfore departed thence, & escaped to the caue Adullam: Whe his brethren also & his fathers house heard it, they went downe thyther to him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

King James Version (1611)
Dauid therefore departed thence, and escaped to the caue Adullam: and when his brethren, and all his fathers house heard it, they went downe thither to him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David departed thence, and escaped; and he comes to the cave of Odollam, and his brethren hear, and the house of his father, and they go down to him there.

English Revised Version
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.

Berean Standard Bible
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Dauid yede fro thennus, and fledde in to the denne of Odollam; and whanne hise britheren, and al the hows of his fadir hadden herd this, thei camen doun thidur to hym.

Update Bible Version
David therefore 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
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.

New King James Version
David therefore departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. So when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

New Living Translation
So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there.

New Life Bible
So David left there and ran to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all those of his father's house heard about it, they went down there to him.

New Revised Standard
David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; when his brothers and all his father's house heard of it, they went down there to him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
David therefore departed thence, and escaped, into the cave of Adullam, - and, when his brethren and all the household of his father heard it, they went down unto him, thither.

Douay-Rheims Bible
David therefore went from thence, and fled to the cave of Odollam. And when his brethren, and all his father’s house, had heard of it, they went down to him thither.

Revised Standard Version
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.

THE MESSAGE
So David got away and escaped to the Cave of Adullam. When his brothers and others associated with his family heard where he was, they came down and joined him. Not only that, but all who were down on their luck came around—losers and vagrants and misfits of all sorts. David became their leader. There were about four hundred in all.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father's household heard of it, they went down there to him.

Contextual Overview

¹ And David goeth thence, and is escaped unto the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and all the house of his father, and go down unto him thither; ² and gather themselves unto him do every man in distress, and every man who hath an exactor, and every man bitter in soul, and he is over them for head, and there are with him about four hundred men. ³ And David goeth thence to Mizpeh of Moab, and saith unto the king of Moab, `Let, I pray thee, my father and my mother go out with you, till that I know what God doth for me;' <sup>4</sup> and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress. <sup>5</sup> And Gad the prophet saith unto David, `Thou dost not abide in a fortress, go, and thou hast entered for thee the land of Judah;' and David goeth and entereth the forest of Hareth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

David: 1 Samuel 21:10-15, Psalms 34:1, Psalms 57:1,*titles

the cave: Joshua 12:15, Joshua 15:35, 2 Samuel 23:13, 2 Samuel 23:14, 1 Chronicles 11:15, Psalms 142:1, *title Micah 1:3, Micah 1:15, Hebrews 11:38

Adullam: Adullam was a city of Judah; and, according to Eusebius, ten miles - Jerome says eleven eastward from Eleutheropolis.

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:1 - Adullamite 2 Samuel 17:9 - he is hid 1 Chronicles 11:16 - in the hold 2 Chronicles 11:7 - Adullam Job 30:6 - dwell Psalms 56:8 - tellest Ezekiel 33:27 - in the caves

Cross-References

Genesis 22:7
And Isaac speaketh unto Abraham his father, and saith, `My father,' and he saith, `Here [am] I, my son.' And he saith, `Lo, the fire and the wood, and where the lamb for a burnt-offering?'

Genesis 22:11
And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto him from the heavens, and saith, `Abraham, Abraham;' and he saith, `Here [am] I;'

Genesis 22:12
and He saith, `Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'

Genesis 22:14
and Abraham calleth the name of that place `Jehovah-Jireh,' because it is said this day in the mount, `Jehovah doth provide.'

Exodus 3:4
and Jehovah seeth that he hath turned aside to see, and God calleth unto him out of the midst of the bush, and saith, `Moses, Moses;' and he saith, `Here [am] I.'

Exodus 16:4
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, I am raining to you bread from the heavens -- and the people have gone out and gathered the matter of a day in its day -- so that I try them whether they walk in My law, or not;

Deuteronomy 8:2
and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which [is] in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.

Deuteronomy 8:16
who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end),

Deuteronomy 13:3
thou dost not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of the dream, for Jehovah your God is trying you, to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul;

Judges 2:22
in order to try Israel by them, whether they are keeping the way of Jehovah, to go in it, as their fathers kept [it] or not.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

David therefore departed from thence,.... From Gath, being driven by Achish from his court, and let go by his servants, and glad he was of the deliverance:

and escaped to the cave Adullam; which was no doubt near to a city of the same name in the tribe of Judah, of which :-; this being a strong place, and in his own tribe, he might hope to be in greater safety; here he penned his hundred forty second psalm, see

Psalms 142:1:

and when his brethren and all his father's house heard [it]; that he was come thither:

they went down thither to him; to visit and comfort him, counsel and assist him all they could; and chiefly to secure themselves from the rage and malice of Saul, who they might fear would fall upon them, and avenge himself on them for David's sake.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To the cave Adullam - Or rather “of Adullam.” Adullam was the name of a town of Judah in the “Shephelah,” not far from Bethlehem, and below it. Innumerable caverns, one nearly 100 feet long, are excavated in the soft limestone hills in the neighborhood of Beit-Jibrin. (The cave is placed by Ganneau and Conder on the hill (500 feet high) over ‘Aid el Ma or Miyeh.) David’s brethren and kinsmen joined him partly from sympathy with him, and partly because their own lives were in jeopardy front Saul’s furious enmity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXII

David flees to the cave of Adullam, where he is joined by four

hundred men of various descriptions, 1, 2.

He goes afterwards to Moab; and by the advice of the prophet

Gad, to the forest of Hareth, 3-5.

Saul, suspecting his servants of infidelity, upbraids them, 6-8.

Doeg informs him of David's coming to Nob; of his being

entertained by Ahimelech; on which Saul slays Ahimelech and

all the priests, to the number of eighty-five, and destroys

the city of Nob, 9-19.

Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, only escapes; he joins with

David, by whom he is assured of protection, 20-23.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXII

Verse 1 Samuel 22:1. The cave Adullam — This was in the tribe of Judah, and, according to Eusebius and Jerome, ten miles eastward of what they call Eleutheropolis.