5The 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.


In Context

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.

7 Saul said to his servants who stood about him, |Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,

1 Samuel 22:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:5But 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:5And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:5And Gad the prophet said to David: Abide not in the hold, depart, and go into the land of Juda. And David departed, and came into the forest of Haret.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:5And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:5And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:5And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:5And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and come into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:5And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:5And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get you into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.