1 Samuel 22:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 22:4 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 23:1Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
- 2 Samuel 23:13At 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.
- 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 11:16At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
- 1 Chronicles 12:16Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
- 1 Chronicles 21:9And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
- 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,
- 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 through His prophets.
- 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!”
- Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
- Isaiah 8:12“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
- 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.
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