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David's stay in the cave of Adollam, in Mizpah of Moab, and in the forest of Hereth. 1 Samuel 22:1. And David went out from there and fled to the cave of Adollam, and his brothers and all his father’s house heard and came to him there. Adollam - between Gath and Bethlehem, in the desert part of the Judah Mountains. “And they came to him there,” considering their Bethlehem home not entirely safe from the wrath of the frenzied Saul. Saul could have taken David's family as hostages, thereby forcing his imaginary enemy to voluntarily surrender. 1 Samuel 22:2. And all the oppressed and all the debtors and all the saddened souls gathered to him, and he became the ruler over them; and there were with him about four hundred men. “And they all gathered to him,” unjustly “oppressed” by their strongest; “all debtors”, finally exhausted by their inexorable creditors and not finding justice for them; “all who are sorrowful in soul,” i.e. victims of the gross tyranny and disorder that reigned within the monarchy of the sick Saul. 1 Samuel 22:3. From there David went to Mizpah of Moab and said to the king of Moab: Let my father and my mother stay with you until I know what God will do to me. Mizpah Moab is in the southern reaches of the land of the Moabites. “Let my father and my mother stay with you.” There is no doubt that within the boundaries of the Jewish kingdom the safety of David's family could not be guaranteed as firmly as outside this kingdom. Moreover, the presence of the latter’s elderly parents in David’s squad could, in the end, turn out to be constraining for the squad’s quick transitions and decisive actions. 1 Samuel 22:5. But the prophet Gad said to David: do not stay in this refuge, but go, go to the land of Judah. And David went and came to the forest of Hereth. "Don't stay in this shelter." “The mind of the prophets, led by God, found that David should not have remained for a long time in dependent communication with the neighboring pagan kings and lived away from his people, without taking any active part in their destinies” (Ya. Bogorodsky, “Jewish Kings”, p. 102). The area is the forest of Heret, Zif, Maon, Engaddi - in the interval between Hebron and the Dead Sea. 1 Samuel 22:8. that you all conspired against me, and no one revealed to me when my son entered into friendship with the son of Jesse, and none of you took pity on me and revealed to me that my son stirred up my servant against me to build feats for me, as is now evident? "Build me coves". In the sick imagination of the king, David’s actions take on the form of widely organized armed agitation against Saul. 1 Samuel 22:9. And Doeg the Edomite, who stood with the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse come to Nob to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, 1 Samuel 22:10. and he asked the Lord about him, and gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. “And he inquired of the Lord about him” - through the intermediary of the shrine of the Lord, the high priest’s breastplate. In chapter 21, this action of Ahimelech is not mentioned: the reliability of David’s testimony does not stand, however, in contradiction with the further testimony of the high priest himself: “Am I now the only one who began to ask God for him?” (1 Samuel 22:12–15). 1 Samuel 22:18. And the king said to Doik: go and kill the priests. And Doeg the Edomite went and attacked the priests, and slew that day eighty-five * men who wore the linen ephod; "Who wore the linen ephod." See note. to 1 Samuel 2:18. 1 Samuel 22:20. Only the son of Ahimelech son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to David. 1 Samuel 22:21. And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord. 1 Samuel 22:22. And David said to Abiathar, “I knew in that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would certainly tell Saul; I am guilty of all the souls of your father's house; 1 Samuel 22:23. stay with me, do not be afraid, for whoever seeks my soul will seek your soul; you will be under my protection. Along with the high priest, the holy ephod was brought to David's camp (1 Sam. 23:1). In the most difficult cases, David could now use the revelations of the good and perfect will of the Lord, revealed through His shrine. Greek translation: three hundred and five. You might be interested in: