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1 Samuel 22:1

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¶ 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.

David {H1732} therefore departed {H3212} thence, and escaped {H4422} to the cave {H4631} Adullam {H5725}: and when his brethren {H251} and all his father's {H1} house {H1004} heard {H8085} it, they went down {H3381} thither to him.

David left there and took refuge in the Cave of 'Adulam. When his brothers and the rest of his father's family heard of it, they went down to see him there.

So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.

David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.

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  • Psalms 57:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] calamities be overpast.

  • Psalms 57:11 (5 votes)

    Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:15 (4 votes)

    Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

  • Psalms 142:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.

  • Psalms 142:7 (4 votes)

    Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

  • Psalms 34:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ [A Psalm] of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise [shall] continually [be] in my mouth.

  • 1 Samuel 21:10 (3 votes)

    ¶ And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.