1 Samuel 22:4

And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He brought them before ... - The Septuagint renders it “he persuaded (the face of) the king.” In the hold - Where David was after he left the...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he (c) brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in (d) the hold. (c) For he feared the rage of...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22. David at Adullam and Moab: Massacre at Nob (J). The series of narratives in ch. 22 may very well come from the same ancient document,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hold . stronghold, or fortified camp. First occurance.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold— David could not bear that his aged parents should be confined to a cold cave, exposed...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. No JFB commentary on this vers...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David in the Cave of Adullam. Saul's Slaughter of the Priests at Nob 1. Adullam] probably in the valley of Elah between Philistia and Hebron.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

While that David was in the hold. — This “hold” is, of course, identical with the “hold” of 1 Samuel 22:5 , from which Gad the prophet directs Dav...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIX. DAVID AT ADULLAM, MIZPEH, AND HARETH. 1 Samuel 22:1-23 . THE cave of Adullam, to which David fled on leaving Gath, has been plac...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Captain of an Outlawed Band 1 Samuel 22:1-10 What a striking analogy there is between the gathering of these outlawed men to David, and the att...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leaving Gath, David took refuge in the cave of Adullam, where there gathered to him a band of the outcasts of his own people. They are graphically de...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) 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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he brought them before the king of Moab ,.... Having leave from him for it, and left them with him; so the Targum, "caused them to remain befor...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All the while David was in the hold In holds; the singular number being put for the plural, as is frequent; that is, as long as David was forced to...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David wrote Psalms 34:1-22 at this time, which shows that he was truly restored to the Lord. Verse 4 of that Psalm is particularly significant, "I s...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David in the Cave of Adullam. B. C. 1057. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Before the king of Moab; into his presence, that he might see them, and give them leave to dwell in his dominion. In the hold; either, 1. In Mi...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Ensures The Safety Of His Father And Mother ( 1 Samuel 22:3-4 ). The cave was no place for his ageing father and mother, and so David went t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 22:1 . “ Adullam .” “The site of Adullam (mentioned in Joshua 15:35 , etc) has not yet been identified,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 22:10 . He enquired of the Lord for him. This was a lie, which Doeg invented to ingratiate himself with Saul: 1 Samuel 22:22 ; Psalms 5...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION COMMENCEMENT OF DAVID 'S LIFE AS AN OUTLAW . 1 Samuel 22:1 The cave Adullam. According to Josephus this was situa...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David a Fugitive in Judah and Moab
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he brought them before the king of Moab, to remain under the latter's protection; and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the ho...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 12:16 ; 1 Chronicles 21:9 ; 1 Chronicles 29:29 ; 1 Samuel 23:1-6 ; 2 Chronicles 29:25 ; 2 Samuel 23:13 ; 2 Samuel 23:14 ; 2 Samu...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hold — In holds; the singular number being put for the plural; as is frequent; that is, as long as David was forced to go from place to place, and...

⁴ And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 22:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 22:4