1 Samuel 22:3

Free Bible Version

Then David went to Mizpeh in the country of Moab. He asked the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother come and stay with you until I find out what God is planning for me.”

Cross References

Genesis 47:11

So Joseph arranged for his father and brothers to live in Egypt and gave them land in the best part near Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered.

2 Samuel 8:2

David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground, and he measured them with a length of cord. He measured two lengths for those to be killed, and one cord length for those to be allowed to live. So he made them subject to him and required them to pay taxes.

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

1 Timothy 5:4

For the Christian responsibility of a widow's children or grandchildren is to do their duty for their own family, and repay their parents by helping them out. This is what pleases God.

Judges 11:29

Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then on through Mizpah of Gilead. From there he advanced to attack the Ammonites.

Ruth 4:10

I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's widow, as my wife. By having children who may inherit his property his name will be kept alive in his family and in his home town. You are witnesses of this today.”

Ruth 4:17

The neighbor women named him Obed, saying “Naomi now has a son!” He was the father of Jesse who was the father of David.

1 Samuel 14:47

After Saul had made his hold over Israel secure, he fought against all his enemies all around: Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Whatever direction he went he defeated them all.

1 Samuel 22:2

Everyone who was in trouble or in debt or resentful also came to him and he became their leader. He had around four hundred men with him.

1 Samuel 22:4

So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with the king all the time David lived in the stronghold.

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told him everything and didn't hide anything from him. “It's the Lord,” Eli replied. “May he do what he thinks is good.”