1Sa 22:1-8 | ESV | STEP | David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam . And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him.

1 Samuel 22:1-8

David at the Cave of Adullam

1 David departed from there and escaped to ^athe cave of ^bAdullam. And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him. 2 ^cAnd everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, ^{▼▼Or discontented} gathered to him. And he became commander over them. And there were with him ^eabout four hundred men.

3 And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab. And he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother stay ^{▼▼Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew go out} with you, till I know what God will do for me.” 4 And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. 5 Then the prophet ^gGad said to David, “Do not remain in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah.” So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth.

Saul Kills the Priests at Nob

6 Now Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him. Saul was sitting at Gibeah under ^hthe tamarisk tree on the height with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him. 7 And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, people of Benjamin; will the son of Jesse ⁱgive every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, 8 that all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me ^jwhen my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you ^kis sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, ^lto lie in wait, as at this day.”