1 Samuel 22:5 meaning and explanation
Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
1 Samuel 22:5, Berean Standard Bible
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David has been hiding in the stronghold near Adullam, where a band of distressed and indebted men gathered to him, and he has just left his parents with the king of Moab. Gad is called a prophet here, and this is the first time he appears in the narrative; he speaks a direct word from God, directing David out of the stronghold and into the land of Judah.
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