1 Samuel 22:4
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New International Version (©2011)
So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So David's parents stayed in Moab with the king during the entire time David was living in his stronghold.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
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.

International Standard Version (©2012)
David left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time David was in the stronghold.

NET Bible (©2006)
So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time that David was in the stronghold.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He brought them to the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was living in his fortified camp.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

American King James Version
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelled with him all the while that David was in the hold.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he left them under the eyes of the king of Moab, and they abode with him all the days that David was in the hold.

Darby Bible Translation
And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they abode with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

English Revised Version
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

World English Bible
He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

Young's Literal Translation
and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

22:1-5 See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and miserable; he changes them into a holy people, and employs them in his service: those who would reign with him must be contented first to suffer with and for him. Observe with what tender concern David provided for his aged parents. The first thing he does is to find them a quiet habitation, whatever became of himself. Let children learn to honour their parents, in every thing consulting their ease and satisfaction. Though highly preferred, and much employed, let them not forget their aged parents. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. And the Lord will preserve his people for their appointed work, however they may be hated and exposed.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he brought them before the king of Moab,.... Having leave from him for it, and left them with him; so the Targum,"caused them to remain before him:"

and they dwelt with him all the whole time that David was in the hold; either in the cave of Adullam, as some think; or rather at Mizpeh in Moab, which might be a fortified place; or the sense may be, while he was in any hold in those parts, as he might go from one to another; what became of David's parents afterwards, we nowhere else read. The Jews (z) say the king of Moab slew his father and his mother, and his brethren, all but one, whom Nahash the Ammonite preserved; and is the kindness David speaks of, 2 Samuel 10:2; and if this was the case, now it was that his father and mother forsook him, and God took him up, Psalm 27:10.

(z) Bemnidbar Rabba, sect. 14. fol. 212. 1. Tanchuma apud Jarchium in loc.

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David Flees to Adullam and Mizpeh
…3And David went there to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray you, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. 4And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelled with him all the while that David was in the hold. 5And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get you into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

1 Samuel 22:3 From there David went to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, "Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?"
1 Samuel 22:5 But the prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah." So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
2 Samuel 8:2 David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
2 Samuel 23:14 At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.