Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And David will go from thence and he will escape to the cave Adullam: and his brethren and all the house of his father will hear, and they will go down to him there.

New American Standard Bible

So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father’s household heard of it, they went down there to him.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When David’s brothers and his father’s whole family heard, they went down and joined him there.

International Standard Version

David left from there and escaped to the Cave of Adullam. His brothers and all his father's family heard about this and went down to him there.

A Conservative Version

David therefore 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.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father’s house heard about it, they went down there to him.

Bible in Basic English

So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.

Darby Translation

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

King James 2000

David therefore 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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

David went from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's household heard, they came down to him there.

Modern King James verseion

And David left there and escaped to the cave Adullam. And his brothers and all his father's house heard, and went down to him there.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And David departed thence and escaped, and came unto the cave of Adullam. When his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went thither to him.

NET Bible

So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father's family learned about it, they went down there to him.

New Heart English Bible

David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

The Emphasized Bible

David therefore departed thence, and escaped, into the cave of Adullam, - and, when his brethren and all the household of his father heard it, they went down unto him, thither.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

Youngs Literal Translation

And David goeth thence, and is escaped unto the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and all the house of his father, and go down unto him thither;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

מלט 
Malat 
Usage: 95

to the cave
מערה 
M@`arah 
Usage: 39

עדלּם 
`Adullam 
Usage: 8

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

it, they went down
ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

References

Context Readings

Saul Takes Revenge On The Priests Who Helped David

1 And David will go from thence and he will escape to the cave Adullam: and his brethren and all the house of his father will hear, and they will go down to him there. 2 And there will gather to him every man being pressed and every man which to him a creditor, and every man bitter of soul; and he will be for chief over them: and there will be with him about four hundred men.

Cross References

Joshua 12:15

The king of Libnah, one: the king of Adallam, one;

Joshua 15:35

Jarmuth and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

1 Chronicles 11:15

And the three from the thirty heads will go down upon the rock to David to the cave of Adullam; and the camp of the rovers encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

Psalm 57:1-11

To the overseer, Thou wilt not destroy, to David a poem in his fleeing from the face of Saul in the cave. Compassionate me, O God, compassionate me: for in thee my soul put trust, and in the shadow of thy wings I will put my trust till calamity shall pass by.

Psalm 142:1-7

Of the understanding to David; a prayer in his being in the cave. With my voice I will cry to Jehovah; with my voice I will entreat to Jehovah.

1 Samuel 21:10-15

And David will rise and flee in that day from the face of Saul, and he will come to Achish, king of Gath.

2 Samuel 23:13-14

And three of the thirty heads will go down and come to the harvest, to David, to the cave of Adullam: and the wild beasts, the rovers, encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

Psalm 34:1

To David in his changing his understanding before A bimelech; and he will drive him out, and he will go. I will praise Jehovah in all time: always his praise in my mouth.

Micah 1:3

For behold, Jehovah will come forth from his place, and come down and tread upon the heights of the earth.

Micah 1:15

Yet I will bring to thee him possessing, O inhabitress at the head: he shall come even to Adullam, the glory of Israel.

Hebrews 11:38

(Of whom the world was not worthy:) wandering about in solitary places, and mountains, and caves, and holes of the earth.

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