1 Samuel 22:1-5

Legacy Standard Bible

David at the Cave of Adullam

22 So David departed from there and ^(A)escaped to ^(B)the cave of Adullam; and his brothers and all his father’s household heard of it and went down there to him. ² Then everyone who was in distress, and everyone who ^[a]was in debt, and everyone who was bitter of soul, gathered to him; and he became a commander over them. Now there were ^(C)about four hundred men with him.

³ And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.” ⁴ Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the fortress. ^5 (D)And the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the fortress; go, and enter into the land of Judah.” So David went and entered into the forest of Hereth.