1 Samuel 22:2

Good News Translation

People who were oppressed or in debt or dissatisfied went to him, about four hundred men in all, and he became their leader.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

You know that your father David and his men are hard fighters and that they are as fierce as a mother bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier and does not stay with his men at night.

2 Samuel 5:2

In the past, even when Saul was still our king, you led the people of Israel in battle, and the Lord promised you that you would lead his people and be their ruler.”

2 Kings 20:5

to go back to Hezekiah, ruler of the Lord's people, and say to him, “I, the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and in three days you will go to the Temple.

2 Kings 4:1

The widow of a member of a group of prophets went to Elisha and said, “Sir, my husband has died! As you know, he was a God-fearing man, but now a man he owed money to has come to take away my two sons as slaves in payment for my husband's debt.”

Proverbs 31:6

Alcohol is for people who are dying, for those who are in misery.

Matthew 11:12

From the time John preached his message until this very day the Kingdom of heaven has suffered violent attacks, and violent men try to seize it.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.

Hebrews 2:10

It was only right that God, who creates and preserves all things, should make Jesus perfect through suffering, in order to bring many children to share his glory. For Jesus is the one who leads them to salvation.

Judges 11:3

Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. There he attracted a group of worthless men, and they went around with him.

Judges 18:25

The Danites told him, “You had better not say anything else unless you want these men to get angry and attack you. You and your whole family would die.”

1 Samuel 22:3

David went on from there to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother come and stay with you until I find out what God is going to do for me.”

1 Samuel 23:13

So David and his men—about six hundred in all—left Keilah at once and kept on the move. When Saul heard that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up his plan.

1 Samuel 25:13

“Buckle on your swords!” he ordered, and they all did. David also buckled on his sword and left with about four hundred of his men, leaving two hundred behind with the supplies.

1 Samuel 30:6

David was now in great trouble, because his men were all very bitter about losing their children, and they were threatening to stone him; but the Lord his God gave him courage.

1 Samuel 9:16

“Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the tribe of Benjamin; anoint him as ruler of my people Israel, and he will rescue them from the Philistines. I have seen the suffering of my people and have heard their cries for help.”