1 Samuel 22:5
Good News Translation
Then the prophet Gad came to David and said, "Don't stay here; go at once to the land of Judah." So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not remain in the stronghold; leave, and go into the land of Judah.” So David left, and went into the forest of Hereth.

Contemporary English Version
One day the prophet Gad told David, "Don't stay here! Go back to Judah." David then left and went to Hereth Forest.

New American Bible
But Gad the prophet said to David: “Do not remain in the stronghold! Leave! Go to the land of Judah.” And so David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Gad the prophet said to David: Abide not in the hold, depart, and go into the land of Juda. And David departed, and came into the forest of Haret.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Gad the prophet said to David: Abide not in the hold, depart, and go into the land of Juda. And David departed, and came into the forest of Haret.

Context
David Flees to Adullam and Mizpeh
4And he left them under the eyes of the king of Moab, and they abode with him all the days that David was in the hold. 5And Gad the prophet said to David: Abide not in the hold, depart, and go into the land of Juda. And David departed, and came into the forest of Haret.
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:4
And he left them under the eyes of the king of Moab, and they abode with him all the days that David was in the hold.

2 Samuel 23:14
And David was then in a hold: and there was a garrison of the Philistines then in Bethlehem.

2 Samuel 24:11
And David arose in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to Gad the prophet and the seer of David, saying:

1 Chronicles 21:9
And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying:

1 Chronicles 29:29
Now the acts of king David first and last are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer:

2 Chronicles 29:25
And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps according to the regulation of David the king, and of Gad the seer, and of Nathan the prophet: for it was the commandment of the Lord by the hand of his prophets.

Psalm 63:1
A psalm of David while he was in the desert of Edom. [2] O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways!

1 Samuel 22:4
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