4So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.


In Context

1 David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there.

2 All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

3 From there David went to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, "Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?"

4 So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.

5 But the prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah." So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

6 Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul, spear in hand, was seated under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with all his officials standing around him.

1st Samuel 22:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:4And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:4And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:4And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:4And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they abode with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:4And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:4And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:4He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:4and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:4And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelled with him all the while that David was in the hold.