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1 Samuel 22:4

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2 And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

3 From 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.”

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.

5 Then 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.

6 Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
WEB
He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
ASV
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
DARBY
And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they abode with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
BLB
And he brought them in before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
ÅB
Og han førte dem fram for Moabs konge; og de ble hos ham hele den tid David var i fjellborgen.
OTB
Han betrodde dem til kongen av Moab; og de ble hos ham så lenge David var i festningen.
B1930
Og han førte dem frem for Moabs konge; og de blev hos ham hele den tid David var i fjellborgen.

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  • Psalms 11:1

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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!”

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  • 1 Chronicles 12:16

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

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  • 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.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:11

    When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

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