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1 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. 2 All 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. 3 Then 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.| 4 So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time that David was in the stronghold. 5 Then 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 Samuel 22:1-5, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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