About that time, Judah left his brothers and went to stay with a man named Hirah. Hirah was from the town of Adullam.
1 Samuel 22:1 - Easy To Read Version David left Gath. David ran away to the cave [187] of Adullam. David’s brothers and relatives heard that David was at Adullam. They went to see David there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition SO DAVID departed and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him. American Standard Version (1901) David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him. Common English Bible David left Gath and escaped to Adullam’s fortress. When David’s siblings and all his extended family learned of this, they went to join him there. Catholic Public Domain Version Then David went away from there, and he fled to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all of his father's house had heard of it, they descended to him there. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version David therefore went from thence and fled to the cave of Odollam. And when his brethren and all his father's house had heard of it they went down to him thither. |
About that time, Judah left his brothers and went to stay with a man named Hirah. Hirah was from the town of Adullam.
Once, David was at the cave of Adullam and the Philistine army was down in the Valley of Rephaim. Three of the Thirty Heroes {\cf2\super [120]} crawled flat on the ground all the way to that cave to join David.
I bless the Lord all the time.\par His praise is always on my lips.\par
You people living in Mareshah, {\cf2\super [26]} \par I will bring a person against you.\par That person will take the things you own.\par The Glory of Israel (God)\par will come into Adullam. {\cf2\super [27]} \par
See, the Lord is coming out of his place.\par He is coming down to walk on\par the high places {\cf2\super [4]} of the earth.\par
The world was not good enough for these great people. These people wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and holes in the ground.
The men said to David, “Today is the day the Lord talked about! The Lord told you, ‘I will give your enemy to you, then you can do anything you want with your enemy.’”