KJV King James Version
And every one [that was] in distress, and every one that [was] in debt, and every one [that was] discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 22:2
And every one [that was] in distress, and every one that [was] in debt, and every one [that was] discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.
WEB World English Bible
Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
ASV American Standard Version
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and gather themselves unto him do every man in distress, and every man who hath an exactor, and every man bitter in soul, and he is over them for head, and there are with him about four hundred men.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 22
1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard [it], they went down thither to him.
2 And every one [that was] in distress, and every one that [was] in debt, and every one [that was] discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, [and be] with you, till I know what God will do for me.
4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
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וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּH6908 · qa.vatsto gatherאֵ֠לָיוH413 · elto(wards)כָּל־H3605 · kolallאִ֨ישׁH376 · ishmanמָצ֜וֹקH4689 · ma.tsoqdistressוְכָל־H3605 · kolallאִ֨ישׁH376 · ishmanאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichל֤וֹH9033 · ohimנֹשֶׁא֙H5378 · na.sahto exactוְכָל־H3605 · kolallאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanמַר־H4751 · marbitterנֶ֔פֶשׁH5315 · ne.pheshsoulוַיְהִ֥יH1961 · ha.yahto beעֲלֵיהֶ֖םH5921 · aluponלְשָׂ֑רH8269 · sarrulerוַיִּהְי֣וּH1961 · ha.yahto beעִמּ֔וֹH5973 · imwithכְּאַרְבַּ֥עH702 · ar.bafourמֵא֖וֹתH3967 · me.ahhundredאִֽישׁ׃H376 · ishman
Cross-references
Matthew 11:28Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Psalm 72:12-14For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.1 Samuel 25:13And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.1 Samuel 30:22-24Then answered all the wicked men and [men] of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them [ought] of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead [them] away, and depart.1 Samuel 1:10And she [was] in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.1 Samuel 25:15-16But the men [were] very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:1 Samuel 23:13Then David and his men, [which were] about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.Judges 11:3Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.1 Samuel 9:16To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him [to be] captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.Matthew 18:25-34But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.Hebrews 2:10For it became him, for whom [are] all things, and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.2 Kings 20:5Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.1 Chronicles 11:15-19Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.2 Samuel 17:8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they [be] mighty men, and they [be] chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father [is] a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.Judges 18:25And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.Matthew 11:12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
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