1 Samuel 22:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not go on living in this place but go into the land of Judah. Then David went away and came to the woodland of Hereth.

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  • 1 Chr 21:9 : 9 Then the word of the Lord came to Gad, David's seer, saying,
  • 1 Chr 29:29 : 29 Now all the acts of David, first and last, are recorded in the words of Samuel the seer, and the words of Nathan the prophet, and the words of Gad the seer;
  • 2 Chr 29:25 : 25 Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.
  • 2 Sam 24:11 : 11 And David got up in the morning; now the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

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  • 1 Chr 21:18-19
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    18Then the angel of the Lord gave orders to Gad to say to David that he was to go and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

    19And David went up, as Gad had said in the name of the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 24:18-19
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    18And that day Gad came to David and said to him, Go up, and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

    19So David went up, as Gad had said and as the Lord had given orders.

  • 1 Sam 22:3-4
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    3And from there David went to Mizpeh in the land of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and mother come and make their living-place with you till it is clear to me what God will do for me.

    4And he took them to the king of Moab and they went on living with him while David was in his safe place.

  • 1 Chr 21:9
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    9Then the word of the Lord came to Gad, David's seer, saying,

  • 1 Sam 22:1
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    1So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.

  • 2 Sam 5:17
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    17And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.

  • 2 Sam 17:16
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    16So now send the news quickly to David, and say, Do not take your night's rest by the way across the river to the waste land, but be certain to go over; or the king and all the people with him will come to destruction.

  • 1 Sam 23:13-15
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    13Then David and his men, about six hundred of them, went out of Keilah, and got away wherever they were able to go. And Saul, hearing that David had got away from Keilah, did not go there.

    14And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.

    15And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.

  • 1 Chr 21:11
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    11So Gad came to David and said to him, The Lord says, Take whichever you will:

  • 1 Sam 22:6
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    6And news was given to Saul that David had been seen, and the men who were with him: now Saul was in Gibeah, seated under the tree in the high place, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were in their places before him.

  • 1 Sam 27:1-2
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    1And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.

    2So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

  • 2 Sam 24:11
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    11And David got up in the morning; now the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

  • 1 Sam 23:19
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    19Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land?

  • 1 Sam 24:22
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    22So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.

  • 2 Sam 24:13-14
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    13So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of violent disease in your land? take thought and say what answer I am to give to him who sent me.

    14And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

  • 2 Sam 5:25
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    25And David did as the Lord had said; and he overcame the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon to near Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 19:18
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    18So David went in flight and got away and came to Ramah, to Samuel, and gave him an account of all Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and were living in Naioth.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
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    3And Saul put up his tents on the hill of Hachilah, which is in front of the waste land on the road. But David was in the waste land, and he saw that Saul was coming after him.

  • 2 Sam 5:23
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    23And when David went for directions to the Lord, he said, You are not to go up against them in front; but make a circle round them from the back and come on them opposite the spice-trees.

  • 2 Sam 15:14
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    14And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.

  • 1 Sam 17:15
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    15Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

  • 1 Chr 11:16
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    16At that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.

  • 2 Sam 17:21
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    21Then after the servants had gone away, they came up out of the water-hole and went to give King David the news; and they said, Get up and go quickly over the water, for such and such are Ahithophel's designs against you.

  • 2 Sam 6:10
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    10So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Sam 23:2-4
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    2So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

    3And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

    4Then David put the question to the Lord again, and the Lord answering said, Up! go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hands.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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    9And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.

  • 2 Sam 23:14
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    14And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
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    16And David did as the Lord had said; and they overcame the army of the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon as far as Gezer.

  • 2 Sam 2:1
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    1Now after this, David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go up into any of the towns of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Where am I to go? And he said, To Hebron.

  • 1 Sam 22:20
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    20And Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, got away and went in flight after David;

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    4And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.

  • 2 Sam 1:3
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    3And David said to him, Where have you come from? And he said, I have come in flight from the tents of Israel.

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    3Then Saul took three thousand of the best men out of all Israel, and went in search of David and his men on the rocks of the mountain goats.

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    7And David said to his men, Before the Lord, never let it be said that my hand was lifted up against my lord, the man of the Lord's selection, for the Lord's holy oil has been put on him.

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    16And some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to David in his strong place.

  • 2 Sam 15:28
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    28See, I will be waiting at the way across the river, in the waste land, till I get news from you.

  • 1 Chr 14:14
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    14And David went for directions to God; and God said to him, You are not to go up after them; but, turning away from them, come face to face with them opposite the spice-trees.