Study it in the app“David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come out to be with you until I know what Elohim will do with me.””
Davidדָּוִדwentוַיֵּלֶךְfrom thereמִשָּׁםto Mizpehמִצְפֵּהof Moabמוֹאָבand saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof Moab,מוֹאָב“Pleaseנָאlet my fatherאָבִיand my motherוְאִמִּיcome outיֵצֵאto be with youאִתְּכֶםuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרI knowאֵדַעwhatמַהElohimאֱלֹהִיםwill doיַּעֲשֶׂהwith me.”לִּי
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsMizpeh
Mizpeh: the name of several places; it means "watchtower, a place from which one keeps watch."
Where else “mitspe” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “eda” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appearsDavid’s great-grandmother, Ruth, was from Moab (Ruth 4:13-17).
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
2There gathered to him every man in distress, every man who had a creditor, and every man bitter of soul, and he became commander over them; and there were with him about four hundred men.
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4He led them before the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the days that David was in the stronghold.
