1 Samuel 22:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

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  • 1 Chr 21:9 : 9 And the LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
  • 1 Chr 29:29 : 29 Now the acts of King David, first and last, indeed, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
  • 2 Chr 29:25 : 25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet, for so was the commandment of the LORD by His prophets.
  • 2 Sam 24:11 : 11 For when David arose in the morning, the word of the LORD came 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 commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

    19And David went up at the word of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 24:18-19
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    76%

    18And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, erect an altar to the LORD in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

    19And David, according to the word of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.

  • 1 Sam 22:3-4
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    3And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray you, come out and be with you, until I know what God will do for me.

    4And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

  • 1 Chr 21:9
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    9And the LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

  • 1 Sam 22:1
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    1David therefore departed from there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

  • 2 Sam 5:17
    74%

    17But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 23:29
    74%

    29And David went up from there, and lived in strongholds at Engedi.

  • 2 Sam 17:16
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    16Now therefore send quickly and tell David, saying, Do not lodge this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.

  • 1 Sam 23:13-15
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    13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; and he refrained from going forth.

    14And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

    15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a forest.

  • 1 Chr 21:11
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    11So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says the LORD, Choose

  • 1 Sam 22:6
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    6When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul stayed in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)

  • 1 Sam 27:1-2
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    1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should quickly escape into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of me, to seek me any longer in any territory of Israel. Thus I will escape out of his hand.

    2And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men who were with him to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 2 Sam 24:11
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    11For when David arose in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

  • 1 Sam 23:19
    72%

    19Then the Ziphites went up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    72%

    22And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 2 Sam 24:13-14
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    72%

    13So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three months before your enemies, while they pursue you? or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now consider, and see what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.

    14And David said to Gad, I am in great distress: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; and do not let me fall into the hand of man.

  • 2 Sam 5:25
    72%

    25And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 19:18
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    18So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
    72%

    3And Saul camped on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the road. But David remained in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul had come after him into the wilderness.

  • 2 Sam 5:23
    71%

    23And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, You shall not go up, but circle around behind them and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees.

  • 2 Sam 15:14
    71%

    14And David said to all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.

  • 1 Sam 17:15
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    15But David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

  • 1 Chr 11:16
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    16And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.

  • 2 Sam 17:21
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    21And it came to pass, after they departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told King David, and said to David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.

  • 2 Sam 6:10
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    10So David would not move the ark of the LORD to him into the city of David, but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

  • 1 Sam 23:2-4
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    70%

    2Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? And the LORD said to David, Go and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.

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

    4Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    70%

    9And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your harm?

  • 2 Sam 23:14
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    14And David was then in a stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
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    16David therefore did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

  • 2 Sam 2:1
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    1And it happened after this, that David asked of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said to him, Go up. And David said, Where shall I go up? And He said, To Hebron.

  • 1 Sam 22:20
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    20And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

  • 1 Sam 27:4
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    4And it was told to Saul that David had fled to Gath, and he sought no more for him.

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

  • 1 Sam 24:3
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    3And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. And David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.

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    22David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper, ran to the army, and greeted his brothers.

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    7So David restrained his servants with these words and did not allow them to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave and went on his way.

  • 1 Chr 12:16
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    16Then some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold.

  • 2 Sam 15:28
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    28See, I will stay in the plain of the wilderness, until word comes from you to confirm me.

  • 1 Chr 14:14
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    14David inquired again of God; and God said to him, Do not go up after them; turn away from them and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees.