So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.
Parallel translations
- WEB He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
- KJV And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
- NKJV So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
- NASB Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
- NLT So David’s parents stayed in Moab with the king during the entire time David was living in his stronghold.
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Quick answer
David places his parents with the king of Moab for the duration of his time in the stronghold.
Overview
David entrusts his father and mother to Moab's protection while he remains in his mountain refuge. This arrangement secures his family during a perilous season of flight. The detail underscores both David's filial devotion and the precariousness of life as a fugitive from Saul.
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- Ps 11:1For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
- Matt 10:23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
- 1 Chr 21:9And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
- 1 Sam 23:1–6Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
- 2 Chr 29:25Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
- 2 Sam 24:11When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
- 1 Chr 12:16Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
- Isa 8:12–14“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
- 1 Chr 29:29Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,
- Neh 6:11But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
- 2 Sam 23:13–14At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
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