Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
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 phrase "all the while," would indicate that David sojourned a considerable time in Moab.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Samuel 22:4:
2 Samuel 8:2
Zephaniah 2:8
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