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David Flees to Adullam and Mizpeh

1 Samuel 22:4

In 11 translations

BSB
So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.
KJV
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
WEB
He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
ASV
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
LSV
and he leads them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David’s being in the fortress.
YLT
and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress.
DBY
And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they abode with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
DRC
And he left them under the eyes of the king of Moab, and they abode with him all the days that David was in the hold.
GNV
And he brought them before the King of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the while that Dauid was in the holde.
JPS
And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
LXXE
And he persuaded the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him continually, while David was in the hold.Gr. the face of the king.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּנְחֵ֕ם אֶת־פְּנֵ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ עִמּ֔וֹ כָּל־יְמֵ֥י הֱיוֹת־דָּוִ֖ד בַּמְּצוּדָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ παρεκάλεσε τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ βασιλέως Μωὰβ, καὶ κατῴκουν μετʼ αὐτοῦ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ὄντος τοῦ Δαυὶδ ἐν τῇ περιοχῇ.

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  • Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
  • Nehemiah 6:11But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
  • 2 Chronicles 29:25Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD…
  • 1 Samuel 23:1–6Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.” So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David,…
  • 2 Samuel 24:11When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
  • 1 Chronicles 21:9And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
  • 2 Samuel 23:13–14At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison…
  • 1 Chronicles 12:16Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
  • Matthew 10:23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
  • 1 Chronicles 29:29Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,
  • Isaiah 8:12–14“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread. The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be…

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