1 Samuel 22:4

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So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time that David was in the stronghold.

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  • 1 Sam 23:1-6 : 1 David Delivers the City of Keilah They told David,“The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing floors.” 2 So David asked the LORD,“Should I go and strike down these Philistines?” The LORD said to David,“Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.” 3 But David’s men said to him,“We are afraid while we are still here in Judah! What will it be like if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?” 4 So David asked the LORD once again. But again the LORD replied,“Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.” 5 So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah. 6 David Eludes Saul Again Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, he had brought with him an ephod.
  • 2 Sam 23:13-14 : 13 At the time of the harvest three of the thirty leaders went down to David at the cave of Adullam. A band of Philistines was camped in the valley of Rephaim. 14 David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.
  • 2 Sam 24:11 : 11 When David got up the next morning, the LORD’s message had already come to the prophet Gad, David’s seer:
  • 1 Chr 12:16 : 16 Some from Benjamin and Judah also came to David’s stronghold.
  • 1 Chr 21:9 : 9 The LORD told Gad, David’s prophet,
  • 1 Chr 29:29 : 29 King David’s accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Samuel the prophet, the Annals of Nathan the prophet, and the Annals of Gad the prophet.
  • 2 Chr 29:25 : 25 Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the LORD’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, and Nathan the prophet had ordered.(The LORD had actually given these orders through his prophets.)
  • Neh 6:11 : 11 But I replied,“Should a man like me run away? Would someone like me flee to the temple in order to save his life? I will not go!”
  • Ps 11:1 : 1 For the music director; by David. In the LORD I have taken shelter. How can you say to me,“Flee to a mountain like a bird!
  • Isa 8:12-14 : 12 “Do not say,‘Conspiracy,’ every time these people say the word. Don’t be afraid of what scares them; don’t be terrified. 13 You must recognize the authority of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear. 14 He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble– to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem.
  • Matt 10:23 : 23 Whenever they persecute you in one town, flee to another! I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

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  • 1 Sam 22:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1David Goes to Adullam and Mizpah So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family learned about it, they went down there to him.

    2All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader. He had about four hundred men with him.

    3Then David went from there to Mizpah in Moab, where he said to the king of Moab,“Please let my father and mother stay with you until I know what God is going to do for me.”

  • 1 Sam 22:5
    75%

    5Then Gad the prophet said to David,“Don’t stay in the stronghold. Go to the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    73%

    22David promised Saul this on oath. Then Saul went to his house, and David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 1 Chr 18:2
    73%

    2He defeated the Moabites; the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.

  • 2 Sam 5:17
    72%

    17Conflict with the Philistines When the Philistines heard that David had been designated king over Israel, they all went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress.

  • 2 Sam 8:2
    72%

    2He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. The Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.

  • 1 Chr 12:16
    71%

    16Some from Benjamin and Judah also came to David’s stronghold.

  • 2 Sam 17:27
    71%

    27When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

  • 1 Chr 11:16
    71%

    16David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.

  • 2 Sam 23:14
    71%

    14David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.

  • 2 Sam 2:3
    71%

    3David also brought along the men who were with him, each with his family. They settled in the cities of Hebron.

  • 1 Sam 23:29
    70%

    29(24:1) Then David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En Gedi.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    70%

    24Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
    70%

    7David lived in the fortress; for this reason it is called the City of David.

  • 1 Sam 23:14
    70%

    14David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, but God did not deliver David into his hand.

  • 1 Sam 30:15
    70%

    15David said to him,“Can you take us down to this raiding party?” He said,“Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to this raiding party.”

  • 1 Sam 24:3
    69%

    3He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave.

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
    69%

    32King David said,“Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

  • 1 Chr 19:8
    69%

    8When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them.

  • 2 Kgs 3:21
    69%

    21Now all Moab had heard that the kings were attacking, so everyone old enough to fight was mustered and placed at the border.

  • 2 Sam 9:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4The king asked him,“Where is he?” Ziba told the king,“He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.”

    5So King David had him brought from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.

  • 1 Sam 27:2
    69%

    2So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 27:7
    69%

    7The length of time that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year and four months.

  • 1 Sam 30:31
    69%

    31and Hebron; and for those in whatever other places David and his men had traveled.

  • 1 Sam 19:18
    68%

    18Now David had run away and escaped. He went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed at Naioth.

  • 1 Sam 24:7
    68%

    7David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down the road.

  • 1 Sam 23:24-25
    2 verses
    68%

    24So they left and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the rift valley to the south of Jeshimon.

    25Saul and his men went to look for him. But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    68%

    26When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack the king of Edom, but they failed.

  • 1 Sam 30:21
    68%

    21Then David approached the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to go with him, those whom they had left at the Wadi Besor. They went out to meet David and the people who were with him. When David approached the people, he asked how they were doing.

  • 2 Sam 8:14
    68%

    14He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The LORD protected David wherever he campaigned.

  • 2 Kgs 3:24
    68%

    24When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites thoroughly defeated Moab.

  • 1 Sam 19:15
    68%

    15Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying,“Bring him up to me on his bed so I can kill him.”

  • 2 Sam 5:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the LORD. They designated David as king over Israel.

    4David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years.

  • 1 Chr 18:13
    68%

    13He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The LORD protected David wherever he campaigned.

  • Num 22:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3And the Moabites were greatly afraid of the people, because they were so numerous. The Moabites were sick with fear because of the Israelites.

    4So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian,“Now this mass of people will lick up everything around us, as the bull devours the grass of the field.” Now Balak son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at this time.

  • 2 Sam 19:15
    68%

    15So the king returned and came to the Jordan River. Now the people of Judah had come to Gilgal to meet the king and to help him cross the Jordan.

  • 1 Sam 27:4
    68%

    4When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he did not mount a new search for him.

  • 2 Sam 6:10
    68%

    10So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Sam 22:23
    67%

    23Stay with me. Don’t be afraid! Whoever seeks my life is seeking your life as well. You are secure with me.”

  • Josh 2:6
    67%

    6(Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.)

  • 1 Sam 26:3
    67%

    3Saul camped by the road on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon, but David was staying in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had come to the wilderness to find him,

  • 2 Sam 4:3
    67%

    3for the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have remained there as resident foreigners until the present time.)

  • 1 Kgs 2:7
    67%

    7“Treat fairly the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, because they helped me when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 5:9
    67%

    9So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.