So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there.
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.
Then David went to Mizpeh in Moab, where he asked the king, to allow his dad and mom to live there until he knew what God is going to do for him.
So David’s parents stayed in Moab with the king during the entire time David was living in his stronghold.
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. The news of his arrival in Judah soon reached Saul.
At that time, king Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, holding his spear and surrounded by his officers.
Saul shouted to his officers that if David promised every one of them fields and vineyards? Has he promised to make them all generals and captains in his army? Is that why everyone conspired against him?
Since no one told him when his own son made a pact with David and no one felt sorry for him, Saul felt bad thinking of his own son—encouraging David to kill him.
Then Doeg, the Edomite, who was standing there with Saul’s men, spoke up, he said that when he was at Nob, he saw David talking to the priest Ahimelech and he gave him food and sword.
To ponder:
A right time when Saul was upset, Doeg exposes what he saw earlier.
When we commit a sin, we might think we were clever enough. But God is in control. We will be helplessly caught in the enemies hands and our true identity would be exposed, so beware!
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