1 Samuel 22:4 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 22:4

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that 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.

⋯

Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And he brought them before the king of Moab,.... Having leave from him for it, and left them with him; so the Targum,"caused them to remain before him:" and they dwelt with him all the whole time that David was in the hold; either in the cave of Adullam, as some think; or rather at Mizpeh in Moab, which might be a fortified place; or the sense may be, while he was in any hold in those parts, as he might go from one to another; what became of David's parents afterwards, we nowhere else read.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Hold - In holds; the singular number being put for the plural; as is frequent; that is, as long as David was forced to go from place to place, and from hold to hold, to secure himself: for it concerned David to secure his father, and he did doubtless secure him for all that time; and not only while he was in the hold of Mizpeh, or of Adullam, which was but a little while.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

He brought them before ... - The Septuagint renders it “he persuaded (the face of) the king.” In the hold - Where David was after he left the cave of Adullam, probably in the land of Moab. The phrase “all the while,” would indicate that David sojourned a considerable time in Moab.

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּנְחֵ֕ם	vai.yan.Chem	and he led them	H5148 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
פְּנֵ֖י	pe.Nei	[the] presence of	H6440 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
מוֹאָ֑ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ	vai.ye.she.Vu	and they remained	H3427 →
עִמּ֔וֹ	i.Mo	with him	H5973 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
יְמֵ֥י	ye.Mei	[the] days of	H3117 →
הֱיוֹת־	he.yot-	[the] being of	H1961 →
דָּוִ֖ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
בַּמְּצוּדָֽה׃ ס	ba.me.tzu.Dah	in the stronghold	H4686 →

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

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 11:1
In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
leads to
- Psalms 56:11
  in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Isaiah 26:3–4
  You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- 1 Samuel 23:14
  And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
- Psalms 25:2
  in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
- Luke 13:31
  At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
Through
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:
leads to
- 1 Samuel 9:9
  (Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
- 1 Samuel 22:5
  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.
- 1 Chronicles 29:29
  Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,

Featured studies on this passage

Walks through 1 Samuel 22

The Messianic Psalms

Six psalms previewing the life of Christ — from begotten Son (Ps 2) to crucified silence (Ps 22) to the Priest-King at God's right hand (Ps 110). Tri-fold taxonomy: Fulfilled in First Coming · Awaiting Second · Progressively Fulfilled.

Open the study →

Walks through 1 Samuel 22

Saul at Endor — 1 Samuel 28

Open the study →

About 1 Samuel

David Slays Goliath — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

1 Samuel: the study guide →Read chapter 22 →The featured study →

Continue: 1 Samuel 22 →

01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Samuel