1 Samuel 22:4

22:4 So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time ¹  that David was in the stronghold.

1 Samuel 22:3

22:3 Then David went from there to Mizpah in Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay ²  with you until I know what God is going to do for me.”

1 Samuel 12:9

12:9 “But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave ³  them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s ⁴  army, ⁵  and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

1 Samuel 14:47

14:47 After Saul had secured his royal position over Israel, he fought against all their ⁶  enemies on all sides – the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. In every direction that he turned he was victorious. ⁷ 

[22:4]  ¹ tn Heb “all the days.”

[22:3]  ² tn Heb “go forth.”

[12:9]  ³ tn Heb “sold” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “he allowed them to fall into the clutches of Sisera”; NLT “he let them be conquered by Sisera.”

[12:9]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[12:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “captain of the host of Hazor.”

[14:47]  ⁴ tn Heb “his,” which could refer to Israel or to Saul.

[14:47]  ⁵ tc The translation follows the LXX (“he was delivered”), rather than the MT, which reads, “he acted wickedly.”