1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 22 David cometh to Adullam, where companies resort to him, 1 Samuel 22:1,2. He goeth to Mizpeh, and commendeth his parents to the king of Moab, 1 Samuel 22:3,4. Admonished by Gad, he returneth to Judah: Saul pursueth him; complaineth of his servants unfaithfulness, 1 Samuel 22:5-8. Doeg accuseth Ahimelech: Saul sentenceth him, the high priest, and the rest of the priests, to die: Doeg slayeth eighty-five priests: the city Nob and all in it is laid waste; only Abiathar the priest remained alive fleeing to David, 1 Samuel 22:9-21. David acknowledgeth himself to be the cause hereof, 1 Samuel 22:22,23. The cave Adullam; a place of considerable strength, 2 Samuel 23:13 1 Chronicles 11:15, in the land of Judah, Joshua 15:21,35, which being his own tribe, and the tribe to which God had first promised the kingdom, Genesis 49:10, he hoped for some protection and assistance there. They went down thither to him; partly, to comfort and assist him; partly, to secure themselves at the present from Saul's rage, which they knew to be fierce and cruel, and thought he might extend it to David's friends; especially, because they had so lately entertained him, 1 Samuel 20:6,29; and partly, that they might share with David in his honour and advancement; which they now concluded certain and near, though it was interrupted with some difficulties.
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1 Samuel 22:1
1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.