“He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 22 contains 23 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.