1 Samuel 22:4 - New Revised Standard Version

⁴ He left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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

⁴ 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)

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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.

1 Samuel 22:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 24:11

When David rose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

2 Samuel 8:2

He also defeated the Moabites and, making them lie down on the ground, measured them off with a cord; he measured two lengths of cord for those who were to be put to death, and one length for those who were to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.

1 Chronicles 11:16

David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 12:16

Some Benjaminites and Judahites came to the stronghold to David.

1 Chronicles 21:9

The Lord spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

1 Chronicles 29:29

Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the records of the seer Samuel, and in the records of the prophet Nathan, and in the records of the seer Gad,

2 Chronicles 29:25

He stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the commandment of David and of Gad the king's seer and of the prophet Nathan, for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets.

Nehemiah 6:11

But I said, “Should a man like me run away? Would a man like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!”

Psalm 11:1

In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains;

Matthew 10:23

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

1 Samuel 22:3

David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab. He said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother come to you, until I know what God will do for me.”

1 Samuel 22:5

Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not remain in the stronghold; leave, and go into the land of Judah.” So David left, and went into the forest of Hereth.