1 Samuel 22:3

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab. And he said to the king of Moab, Please let my father and my mother come and be with you, until I know what God will do to me.

Cross References

Genesis 47:11

And Joseph caused his father and his brothers to live, and gave them a place in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded.

2 Samuel 8:2

And he struck Moab, and measured them with a line; making them to lie down on the ground. And he measured two lines to cause them to die, and the fulness of the line to keep alive. And the Moabites were slaves to David, bearing a gift.

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long on the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to be godly to their own house and to make a return payment to their forefathers, for this is good and pleasing before God.

Judges 11:29

And the Spirit of Jehovah was on Jephthah. And he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed on to the sons of Ammon.

Ruth 4:10

And also Ruth of Moab, the wife of Mahlon, I have bought for myself for a wife, to raise up the name of him who died, over his inheritance. And the name of him who died shall not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.

Ruth 4:17

And the neighboring women gave him a name, saying, This is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

1 Samuel 14:47

And Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies all around, with Moab, and with the sons of Ammon, and with Edom, and with the kings of Zobah, and with the Philistines, and wherever he turned, he gained the victory.

1 Samuel 22:2

And every man in distress, and every man who had a creditor, and every man bitter of soul, gathered themselves to him. And he became commander over them. And about four hundred men were with him.

1 Samuel 22:4

And he settled them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the days David was in the stronghold.

1 Samuel 3:18

And Samuel told him all the words, and did not hide from him. And he said, It is Jehovah; He does that which is good in His eyes.