1 Samuel 22:3

Tree of Life Version

Then David left from there to Mizpah of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, “Please, let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.”

Cross References

Genesis 47:11

Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them property in the land of Egypt, in the best part of the land, in the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh commanded.

2 Samuel 8:2

He also defeated Moab. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them with a cord. Every two measures of them were put to death, and the third measure was kept alive. So the Moabites became vassals to David, bringing tribute.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Adonai your God is giving you.

1 Timothy 5:4

but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show devotion to their own home and give back to their parents, for this is pleasing before God.

Judges 11:29

Then the Ruach Adonai came upon Jephthah, so he marched through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he crossed over to the children of Ammon.

Ruth 4:10

Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased over his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his town. You are witnesses today.”

Ruth 4:17

The neighboring women gave him a name saying “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they called him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

1 Samuel 14:47

After Saul had secured his kingship over Israel, he waged war against all his enemies on every side—against Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he punished them.

1 Samuel 22:2

Anyone who was in distress, anyone in debt, and anyone embittered rallied around him, and he became their leader. There were about 400 men with him.

1 Samuel 22:4

Then he brought them to the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing. Then Eli said, “He is Adonai. May He do what is good in His eyes.”