1Sa 22:1-2 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Sam 22:1-23: 22:1-23 Saul’s character becomes evident here. Unable to exact revenge on David himself, Saul slaughtered those he believed to be guilty of giving aid and comfort to David. 22:1 Adullam was some sixteen miles southwest of Jerusalem, near Philistine territory. • Had David’s brothers and all his other relatives stayed in Bethlehem, they would have been vulnerable to Saul’s revenge.

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‏ 1 Samuel 22:1-2

Summary for 1Sam 22:1-23: 22:1-23 ^a Saul’s character becomes evident here. Unable to exact revenge on David himself, Saul slaughtered those he believed to be guilty of giving aid and comfort to David. 22:1 ^b Adullam was some sixteen miles southwest of Jerusalem, near Philistine territory.

• Had David’s brothers and all his other relatives stayed in Bethlehem, they would have been vulnerable to Saul’s revenge.
22:2 ^c in trouble ... in debt ... discontented: By attracting such down-and-out people to himself, David foreshadowed Jesus, who would attract to himself the hurting, the burdened, and the outcast (Matt 11:25-30 ^d).