1 Samuel 22:5

New Living Translation

One day the prophet Gad told David, “Leave the stronghold and return to the land of Judah.” So David went to the forest of Hereth.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:14

David was staying in the stronghold at the time, and a Philistine detachment had occupied the town of Bethlehem.

2 Samuel 24:11

The next morning the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, who was David’s seer. This was the message:

1 Chronicles 11:16

David was staying in the stronghold at the time, and a Philistine detachment had occupied the town of Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 21:9

Then the Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer. This was the message:

1 Chronicles 29:29

All the events of King David’s reign, from beginning to end, are written in The Record of Samuel the Seer, The Record of Nathan the Prophet, and The Record of Gad the Seer.

2 Chronicles 29:25

King Hezekiah then stationed the Levites at the Temple of the Lord with cymbals, lyres, and harps. He obeyed all the commands that the Lord had given to King David through Gad, the king’s seer, and the prophet Nathan.

Psalm 63:1

O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.

1 Samuel 22:4

So David’s parents stayed in Moab with the king during the entire time David was living in his stronghold.