1 Samuel 22:3 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 22:3

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.”

BSB

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ASV

And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

KJV

And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Mizpeh of Moab - A good conjecture connects it with “Zophim” (a word of the same root as Mizpeh) on the top of Pisgah Num 23:14. It is probable that David’s descent from Ruth the Moabitess may have had something to do with his seeking an asylum for Jesse, Ruth’s grandson, in the land of her birth. It would be very easy to get to the Jordan from the neighborhood of Bethlehem, and cross over near its embouchure into the Dead Sea. Come forth, and be with you - The construction of the Hebrew is very strange.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was at this time that David penned Psalm cxlii. , which is entitled, A prayer when David was in the cave; and there he complains that no man would know him and that refuge failed him, but hopes that shortly the righteous would compass him about.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab--"Mizpeh" signifies a watchtower, and it is evident that it must be taken in this sense here, for it is called "the hold" or fort (1Sa 22:4).

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
דָּוִ֛ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
מִשָּׁ֖ם	mi.Sham	from there	H8033 →
מִצְפֵּ֣ה	mitz.Peh	Mizpah of	H4708 →
מוֹאָ֑ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
מוֹאָ֗ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
יֵֽצֵא־	ye.tze'-	let him go out	H3318 →
נָ֞א	na'	please	H4994 →
אָבִ֤י	'a.Vi	father my	H1 →
וְאִמִּי֙	ve.'i.Mi	and mother my	H517 →
אִתְּכֶ֔ם	'i.te.Khem	with you	H854 →
עַ֚ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
אֵדַ֔ע	'e.Da'	I will know	H3045 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
יַּֽעֲשֶׂה־	ya.'a.seh-	will he do	H6213 →
לִּ֖י	li	for <the> me
אֱלֹהִֽים׃	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Judges 11:29
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
leads to
- Numbers 11:25
  Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit…
- Judges 3:10
  The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against…
- Judges 13:25
  And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- 1 Samuel 16:13–15
  So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and…
- Judges 10:17
  Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
Through
1 Samuel 14:47
After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 10:6
  When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah…
- 1 Samuel 14:52
  And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.
Through
Ruth 4:17
The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
leads to
- Luke 1:58–63
  Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

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Where the connections lead

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About 1 Samuel