When David got up in the morning, the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David’s seer:
1 Samuel 22:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold [in Moab]. American Standard Version (1901) And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. Common English Bible So David left his parents with the Moabite king, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the fortress. Catholic Public Domain Version And he left them before the face of the king of Moab. And they stayed with him for all the days that David was in the stronghold. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And 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. |
When David got up in the morning, the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David’s seer:
He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one full length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.
At that time David was in the stronghold, and a Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.
Other Benjaminites and men from Judah also went to David at the stronghold.
As for the events of King David’s reign, from beginning to end, note that they are written in the Events of the Seer Samuel, the Events of the Prophet Nathan, and the Events of the Seer Gad,
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, Gad the king’s seer, and the prophet Nathan. For the command was from the Lord through his prophets.
But I said, ‘Should a man like me run away? How can someone like me enter the temple and live? I will not go.’
When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. For truly I tell you, you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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 know what God will do for me.’
Then the prophet Gad said to David, ‘Don’t stay in the stronghold. Leave and return to the land of Judah.’ So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.