Commentary Critical and Explanatory
1 Samuel 22:4
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
HE BROUGHT THEM BEFORE ... - The Septuagint renders it “he persuaded (the face of) the king.” IN THE HOLD - Where David was after he left the cave of Adullam, probably in the land of Moab. The phras...
CHAPTER 22 _ 1. In the cave of Adullam (1 Samuel 22:1)_ 2. In Moab and Gad's message (1 Samuel 22:3) 3. Saul's discovery of David's visit to Nob (1 Samuel 22:6) 4. The murder of the priests ...
1 SAMUEL 22. DAVID AT ADULLAM AND MOAB: MASSACRE AT NOB (J). The series of narratives in ch. 22 may very well come from the same ancient document, and be the continuation of 1 Samuel 21:1. 1 SAMUEL 2...
HOLD. stronghold, or fortified camp. First occurance....
_in the hold_ "Hold" = stronghold or fortress: here apparently the Mizpeh of 1 Samuel 22:3. What became of David's parents when he quitted the hold does not appear. A Jewish tradition affirms that the...
THEY DWELT WITH HIM ALL THE WHILE THAT DAVID WAS IN THE HOLD— David could not bear that his aged parents should be confined to a cold cave, exposed to all the hardships of a siege, to dearth, to damps...
Saul's Reprisals Against David and His Friends, 1 Samuel 22:1-23. _The Prophet Gad and David._ 1 Samuel 22:1-5 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren...
DAVID IN THE CAVE OF ADULLAM. SAUL'S SLAUGHTER OF THE PRIESTS AT NOB 1. Adullam] probably in the valley of Elah between Philistia and Hebron....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 22 DAVID AT ADULLAM AND MIZPAH V1 David left Gath and went to a cave near Adullam. His brothers and his father’s family discovered where he h...
WHILE THAT DAVID WAS IN THE HOLD. — This “hold” is, of course, identical with the “hold” of 1 Samuel 22:5, from which Gad the prophet directs David to depart, and to return into the land of Judah. It...
וַ יַּנְחֵ֕ם אֶת ־פְּנֵ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ מֹואָ֑ב וַ
CHAPTER XXIX. _ DAVID AT ADULLAM, MIZPEH, AND HARETH._ 1 Samuel 22:1. THE cave of Adullam, to which David fled on leaving Gath, has been placed in various localities even in modern times; but as the...
CAPTAIN OF AN OUTLAWED BAND 1 Samuel 22:1 What a striking analogy there is between the gathering of these outlawed men to David, and the attraction of publicans and sinners, in all ages, to Christ! H...
Leaving Gath, David took refuge in the cave of Adullam, where there gathered to him a band of the outcasts of his own people. They are graphically described as those in "distress," in "debt," and "dis...
And he (c) brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in (d) the hold. (c) For he feared the rage of Saul against his house. (d) That is, in Mizpeh, w...
_The hold. The strong hold, or fortress of Maspha. (Challoner) --- It signifies "a watch-tower." (Haydock) --- In this place the parents of David probably finished their days, as we find no farther me...
(3) And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. (4) And he b...
We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...
David now takes his place fully with the excellent of the earth (Hebrews 11:38). There the prophet Gad joins him; he is guided in a direct manner by the plain testimony of God, and soon after he is jo...
AND HE BROUGHT THEM BEFORE THE KING OF MOAB,.... Having leave from him for it, and left them with him; so the Targum, "caused them to remain before him:'' AND THEY DWELT WITH HIM ALL THE WHOLE TIME...
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. Ver. 4. _And he brought them before the king of Moab._] To whom Jesse, a grave godly man...
_All the while David was in the hold_ In holds; the singular number being put for the plural, as is frequent; that is, as long as David was forced to go from place to place, and from hold to hold, to...
1 Companies resort vnto Dauid at Adullam. 3 At Mizpeh he commendeth his parents vnto the King of Moab. 5 Admonished by Gad, hee commeth to Hareth. 6 Saul going to pursue him, complaineth of his ser...
And he brought them before the king of Moab, to remain under the latter's protection; AND THEY DWELT WITH HIM ALL THE WHILE THAT DAVID WAS IN THE HOLD, in his fortified position, in his mountain fastn...
DAVID A FUGITIVE IN JUDAH AND MOAB...
David wrotePsalms 34:1 at this time, which shows that he was truly restored to the Lord. Verse 4 of that Psalm is particularly significant, "I sought the Lord and He heard me, and delivered me from al...
1-5 See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto H...
BEFORE THE KING OF MOAB; into his presence, that he might see them, and give them leave to dwell in his dominion. IN THE HOLD; either, 1. In Mizpeh of Moab, which was a very strong hold. But it is ap...
1 Samuel 22:4 brought H5148 (H8686) before H6440 king H4428 Moab H4124 dwelt H3427 (H8799) time H3117 David...
DAVID ENSURES THE SAFETY OF HIS FATHER AND MOTHER (1 SAMUEL 22:3). The cave was no place for his ageing father and mother, and so David went to Mizpeh of Moab and asked the king of Moab if he would wa...
CONTENTS: David in rejection gathers mighty men. His wanderings and dangers. CHARACTERS: David, Saul, Gad, Ahimelech, Doeg, Abiathar. CONCLUSION: Those who give way to jealousy are in a continual ag...
1 Samuel 22:10. _He enquired of the Lord for him._ This was a lie, which Doeg invented to ingratiate himself with Saul: 1 Samuel 22:22; Psalms 52:3....
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 22:1 ADULLAM is halfway between Gath and Bethlehem, and the cave is probably nearby. David’s family is in danger from Saul, so they join him. But because life in the wilderne...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 22:1. “ADULLAM.” “The site of Adullam (mentioned in Joshua 15:35, etc) has not yet been identified, but from the mention of it in the above and other passages i...
EXPOSITION COMMENCEMENT OF DAVID'S LIFE AS AN OUTLAW. 1 SAMUEL 22:1 THE CAVE ADULLAM. According to Josephus this was situated near a city of the same name ('Ant.,'...
And he went from there, and he escaped to the cave at Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard of it, they went down to him there. And every one that was in distress, and every...
1 Chronicles 12:16; 1 Chronicles 21:9; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 1 Samuel 23:1;...
Hold — In holds; the singular number being put for the plural; as is frequent; that is, as long as David was forced to go from place to place, and from hold to hold, to secure himself: for it concerne...