And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
Ver. 4. And he brought them before the king of Moab.] To whom Jesse, a grave godly man, might haply be as useful and as dear as Solon was to Croesus, or Croesus afterwards to King Cyrus; by whose good counsel he was more enriched and benefited than by all his wealth.
That David was in the hold.] In the cave of Adullam, or, as others think, in Mizpeh of Moab. See 1 Samuel 22:3 .