1 So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there. 2 Then others began coming - men who were in trouble or in debt or who were just discontented - until David was the captain of about 400 men.
3
Later David went to Mizpeh in Moab, where he asked the king, “Please allow my father and mother to live here with you until I know what God is going to do for me.”
4
So David’s parents stayed in Moab with the king during the entire time David was living in his stronghold.
5
One day the prophet Gad told David, “Leave the stronghold and return to the land of Judah.” So David went to the forest of Hereth.