Verse 4
1 Samuel 22:4
New Living Translation
4
So David’s parents stayed in Moab with the king during the entire time David was living in his stronghold.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּנְחֵ֕/ם אֶת פְּנֵ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב וַ/יֵּשְׁב֣וּ עִמּ֔/וֹ כָּל יְמֵ֥י הֱיוֹת דָּוִ֖ד בַּ/מְּצוּדָֽה
English Translation
And they settled before the face of the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the days that David was in the stronghold.
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Chapter 22 Context
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So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. Soon his brothers and all his other relatives...
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Then others began coming — men who were in trouble or in debt or who were just discontented — until...
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3
Later David went to Mizpeh in Moab, where he asked the king, “Please allow my father and mother to l...
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4
So David’s parents stayed in Moab with the king during the entire time David was living in his stron...
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One day the prophet Gad told David, “Leave the stronghold and return to the land of Judah.” So David...
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6
The news of his arrival in Judah soon reached Saul. At the time, the king was sitting beneath the ta...
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7
“Listen here, you men of Benjamin!” Saul shouted to his officers when he heard the news. “Has that s...
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8
Is that why you have conspired against me? For not one of you told me when my own son made a solemn...
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9
Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing there with Saul’s men, spoke up. “When I was at Nob,” he sai...
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10
Ahimelech consulted the LORD for him. Then he gave him food and the sword of Goliath the Philistine....
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11
King Saul immediately sent for Ahimelech and all his family, who served as priests at Nob.
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12
When they arrived, Saul shouted at him, “Listen to me, you son of Ahitub!” “What is it, my king?” Ah...
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“Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me?” Saul demanded. “Why did you give him food...
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14
“But sir,” Ahimelech replied, “is anyone among all your servants as faithful as David, your son-in-l...
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15
This was certainly not the first time I had consulted God (Elohim) for him! May the king not accuse...
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16
“You will surely die, Ahimelech, along with your entire family!” the king shouted.
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17
And he ordered his bodyguards, “Kill these priests of the LORD, for they are allies and conspirators...
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18
Then the king said to Doeg, “You do it.” So Doeg the Edomite turned on them and killed them that day...
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19
Then he went to Nob, the town of the priests, and killed the priests’ families — men and women, chil...
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20
Only Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, escaped and fled to David.
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21
When he told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD,
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22
David exclaimed, “I knew it! When I saw Doeg the Edomite there that day, I knew he was sure to tell...
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Stay here with me, and don’t be afraid. I will protect you with my own life, for the same person wan...
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