1 Samuel 22:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ And 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Then the prophet Gad said to David, Do not remain in the stronghold; leave, and get into the land of Judah. So David left and went into the forest of Hareth.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And 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.

Common English Bible

⁵ Then the prophet Gad told David, “Don’t stay in the fortress any longer. Leave now and go to the land of Judah.” So David left and went to Hereth forest.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And the prophet Gad said to David: "Do not choose to stay in the stronghold. Set out and go into the land of Judah." And so, David set out, and he went into the forest of Hereth.

1 Samuel 22:5 Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:25

And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the commandment was of the LORD by his prophets.

1 Chronicles 29:29

Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer;

1 Chronicles 21:9

And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,

2 Samuel 24:11

And when David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

1 Samuel 22:4

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

2 Samuel 23:14

And David was then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

Psalm 63:1

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.

1 Chronicles 11:16

And David was then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.