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


In Context

1 David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

2 Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

3 David went there to Mizpeh of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, |Please let my father and my mother come out with you, until I know what God will do for me.|

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

5 The prophet Gad said to David, |Don't stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah.| Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

6 Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.

1 Samuel 22:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:4So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.

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 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.