1 Samuel 22:1 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 22:1

David’s Four Hundred Men

1 David therefore departed from there and ^aescaped ^bto the cave of Adullam. So when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him.

2 ^aAnd everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was¹ discontented gathered to him. So he became captain over them. And there were about ^bfour hundred men with him.

3 Then David went from there to Mizpah of ^aMoab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother come here with you, till I know what God will do for me.”

4 So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

5 Now the prophet ^aGad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go to the land of Judah.” So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth.

Saul Murders the Priests

6 When Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered—now Saul was staying in ^aGibeah under a tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants standing about him—

7 then Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse ^agive every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds?

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Definitions of words in 1 Samuel 22:1:

Adullam {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Adullam {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Adullam {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

All {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Cave {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Cave {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

David {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
David {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
David {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Father {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Father {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

His {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

House {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
House {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

So {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
So {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
So {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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