A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 22 1 Samuel 22:1-5 _The prophet Gad and David._ As David left Philistia and moved back through the land of Judah, he was joined by members of his own family. All those who were in distress or in debt also joined David. Altogether he had a company of 400 men. After David fled to... [ Continue Reading ]
Saul's Reprisals Against David and His Friends, 1 Samuel 22:1-23. _The Prophet Gad and David._ 1 Samuel 22:1-5 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. 2 And every one _that was_ i... [ Continue Reading ]
_Saul's Increasing Jealousy. 1 Samuel 22:6-16_ 6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that _were_ with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants _were_ standing about him;) 7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stoo... [ Continue Reading ]
_Saul's Slaughter of the Priests._ 1 Samuel 22:17-23 17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also _is_ with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put... [ Continue Reading ]