And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, [and be] with you, till I know what God will do for me.
Ver. 3. To Mizpeh of Moab.] Called also Malle, /APC 1Ma 5:26 as Junius after Josephus thinketh - that is, a fort.
And he said unto the king of Moab.] Who might therefore favour him, because Saul, their common enemy, hated and persecuted him: like as Queen Elizabeth respected and aided the king of Portugal, cast out by the Spaniard.
Let my father and my mother, I pray thee.] This care of his for his aged parents' ease and safety was very commendable, and worthy of imitation. He might haply plead that his father's grandmother, Ruth, was a Moabitess.