Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
So David departed from there and
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.
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.
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.
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.
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;
Themes
Adullam » Dead sea » Cave » David takes refuge in
Armies » March in ranks » Composed of insurgents
Interlinear
Yalak
Malat
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'ab
Bayith
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 22:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Saul Takes Revenge On The Priests Who Helped David
1 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. 2 And there gathered unto him all men that were in cumbrance and in debt and troubled in their hearts, and he became a captain over them. And there were with him upon a four hundred men.
Cross References
Joshua 12:15
The king of Libnah; The king of Adullam;
Joshua 15:35
Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah;
1 Chronicles 11:15
And the three of the thirty chiefs went to a rock to David at the cave Adullam. And the Host of the Philistines had pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
Psalm 57:1-11
{To the Chanter, Destroy Not, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave} Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me, for my soul trusteth in thee: and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be overpast.
Psalm 142:1-7
{The Instruction of David, a prayer when he was in the cave} I cry unto the LORD with my voice; yea, even unto the LORD do I make my supplication.
1 Samuel 21:10-15
And David arose and fled the same day from the presence of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
2 Samuel 23:13-14
And these three of the thirty of the lords went down and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave Adullam. And the Host of the Philistines had pitched in the valley of Giants.
Psalm 34:1
{Of David, when he changed his speech before Abimelech; which drove him away, and he departed} I will always give thanks unto the LORD; his praise shall ever be in my mouth.
Micah 1:3
For why? Behold, the LORD shall go out of his place, and come down, and tread upon the high things of the earth.
Micah 1:15
And as for thee, O thou that dwellest at Mareshah, I shall bring a possession upon thee, and the plague of Israel shall reach unto Adullam.
Hebrews 11:38
which the world was not worthy of: They wandered in wilderness, in mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.