Verse 1

Dauid therfore departed thence, & escaped to the caue Adullam: Whe his brethren also & his fathers house heard it, they went downe thyther to him.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 57:1-9 : 1 To the chiefe musition (to be song lyke vnto the song beginning) destroy not, a golden psalme of Dauid, when he fled from Saul into the caue. Be mercifull vnto me O Lorde, be mercifull vnto me: for my soule trusteth in thee, and vnder the shadowe of thy wynges wyll I trust, vntyll this tiranny be ouerpast. 2 I wyll call vnto the most high Lorde: euen vnto the Lord that wil perfourme the cause which I haue in hande. 3 He wyll sende from heauen, and saue me from the reproofe of him that woulde deuour me vp, Selah: the Lorde wyll sende foorth his mercie and trueth. 4 My soule is among Lions, and I lye among those that are set on fire: among the children of men whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword. 5 Exalt thy selfe O God aboue the heauen: thy glory is aboue all the earth. 6 They haue prepared a net for my feete, that some man might presse downe my soule: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it them selues. Selah. 7 My heart is redy O Lorde, my heart is redy: I wyll sing, and prayse thee in singing of psalmes. 8 Bestirre thee O my glory, bestirre thee O Lute and Harpe: I my selfe wil bestirre me right early in the morning. 9 I wyll prayse thee O Lorde among the people: and I wyll sing psalmes vnto thee among the nations. 10 For the greatnes of thy mercie reacheth vnto the heauens: and thy trueth vnto the cloudes. 11 Exalt thy selfe O Lord aboue the heauens: let thy glory be aboue al the earth.
  • Ps 142:1-7 : 1 The wise instruction of Dauid, a prayer when he was in the caue. I cryed vnto God with my voyce: euen vnto God I dyd make my supplication. 2 I powred out before his face my cogitations: and I made a declaration of my trouble before his face. 3 When my spirite was ouerwhelmed within me, thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked they haue priuily layde a snare for me. 4 When I loked vpon my ryght hande and sawe rounde about me there was no man that woulde knowe me: I had no place to flee vnto, and no man cared for my soule. 5 I cryed vnto thee O God, and sayde: thou art my hope and my portion in the lande of the lyuyng. 6 Consider my complaynt, for I am brought very lowe: deliuer me from my persecutours, for they are to strong for me. 7 Bryng my soule out of prison, that I may prayse thy name: the ryghteous shal compasse me rounde about, because thou hast thus rewarded me.
  • Josh 12:15 : 15 The king of Libna, one: the king of Adullam, one:
  • Josh 15:35 : 35 Iarmuth, Adulam, Socoh, and Azekah,
  • 1 Chr 11:15 : 15 And the three of the thirtie chiefe captaynes went to a rocke to Dauid, into the caue Adullam: And the hoast of the Philistines abode in the valley of Rephaim.
  • Ps 34:1 : 1 Of Dauid when he chaunged his behauiour before Abimelech, whiche droue him away, and he departed. I wyll alway blesse God: his prayse shall euer be in my mouth.
  • 1 Sam 21:10-15 : 10 And Dauid arose, & fled the same day from the presence of Saul, and went to Achis the king of Gath. 11 And the seruauntes of Achis sayde vnto him: Is not this Dauid the king of the land? Dyd they not sing vnto him in daunses, saying: Saul hath slayne his thousand, and Dauid his ten thousand? 12 And Dauid put those wordes into his heart, & was sore afrayde of Achis the king of Gath. 13 And he chaunged his speache before them, and fained him selfe mad in their handes, and scrabled on the doores of the gate, and let his spettell fall downe vpon his beard. 14 Then sayd Achis vnto his seruauntes: Lo, ye see that this man is besyde him selfe, wherfore then haue ye brought him to me? 15 Haue I neede of mad men, that ye haue brought this felowe to play the mad man in my presence? Shall he come into my house?
  • 2 Sam 23:13-14 : 13 These three (which were of the thirtie chiefe captaines) went downe to Dauid in the haruest tyme vnto the caue Adullam: and the hoast of the Philistines pytched in the valley of giauntes. 14 And Dauid was then in an houlde, and the souldiers of ye Philistines were in Bethlehem.
  • Mic 1:3 : 3 For beholde, the Lorde shall come out of his holy place, and come downe and treade vpon the hie thinges of ye earth.
  • Mic 1:15 : 15 And as for thee O thou that dwellest at Maresa, I shall bring a possessioner vpon thee, he shal come to Adullam, the glory of Israel.
  • Heb 11:38 : 38 Of who the worlde was not worthie: They wandred in wildernesse, and in mountaynes, and in dennes, and caues of the earth.