3<\/strong>. Mizpeh of Moab<\/em> ] Mentioned here only. Perhaps either the strong rock citadel afterwards known as Kir-Moab, now Kerak<\/em> is meant: or some place not in Moab proper, but on the mountains of Abarim or Pisgah north of the Arnon, which would be more easily accessible from Bethlehem by way of Jericho. The long purple wall of the mountains of Moab is a striking feature in the view from Bethlehem ( Sin. and Pal<\/em>. p. 104), and would naturally suggest a retreat thither: but no doubt it was his connexion with Moab through his great-grandmother Ruth, which chiefly induced David to choose that country as a refuge for his parents.<\/p>\n Mizpeh of Moab – <\/B>A good conjecture connects it with Zophim (a word of the same root as Mizpeh) on the top of Pisgah Num 23:14<\/span>. It is probable that Davids descent from Ruth the Moabitess may have had something to do with his seeking an asylum for Jesse, Ruths grandson, in the land of her birth. It would be very easy to get to the Jordan from the neighborhood of Bethlehem, and cross over near its embouchure into the Dead Sea.<\/P> Come forth, and be with you – <\/B>The construction of the Hebrew is very strange. The Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic seem to have read dwell instead of come forth.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 3<\/span>. He said unto the king of Moab<\/B><\/I>] David could not trust his parents within the reach of Saul, and he found it very inconvenient to them to be obliged to go through all the fatigues of a military life, and therefore begs the king of Moab to give them shelter. The king of Moab, being one of Saul’s enemies, would be the more ready to oblige a person from whom he might at least expect friendship<\/I>, if not considerable services<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Mizpeh of Moab; <\/B>so called, to distinguish it from that Mizpeh, 1Sa 7:5<\/span>. <\/P> He said unto the king of Moab; <\/B>partly because he was related to and descended from one of his people, Rth 4:10<\/span>; and partly because he was Sauls enemy, 1Sa 14:47<\/span>, and therefore more likely to be Davids friend. <\/P> My father and my mother, <\/B>who being very aged, were not able to endure those journeys and hardships which David foresaw that he was likely to be exposed to. <\/P> Till I know what God will do for me; <\/B>till I see the accomplishment of Gods promise made to me. <\/P> <\/p>\n 3. David went thence to Mizpeh ofMoab<\/B>“Mizpeh” signifies a watchtower, and it isevident that it must be taken in this sense here, for it is called”the hold” or fort (1Sa22:4<\/span>). The king of Moab was an enemy of Saul (1Sa14:47<\/span>), and the great-grandson of Ruth, of course, was related tothe family of Jesse. David, therefore, had less anxiety in seeking anasylum within the dominions of this prince than those of Achish,because the Moabites had no grounds for entertaining vindictivefeelings against him, and their enmity, to Saul rendered them themore willing to receive so illustrious a refugee from his court.<\/P><\/p>\n And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab<\/strong>,…. So called to distinguish it from a place of the same name in the land of Israel; which Junius says is the same with Malle, and signifies a fortified place, and refers to the Apocrypha:<\/p>\n “And how that many of them were shut up in Bosora, and Bosor, and Alema, Casphor, Maked, and Carnaim; all these cities are strong and great:” (1 Maccabees 5:26)<\/p>\n here he might think himself safer, though in an enemy’s country, than in the land of Israel:<\/p>\n and he said unto the king of Moab, let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth<\/strong>; out of the land of Israel, or out of the cave of Adullam, whither they were come to him:<\/p>\n [and be] with you<\/strong>; if not with the king of Moab at his court, yet in some part or other of his country, where they might be safe from the rage of Saul:<\/p>\n till I know what God will do for me<\/strong>; on whose power and providence he wholly relied, and not upon the men that flocked to him, nor upon his own power and policy, courage and wisdom; he knew the promise of God to him, and he put his trust in him for the performance of it; but knew not the time, nor way, and manner, in which it would be performed; and expected in the meanwhile to be obliged to remove from place to place; and considering that his aged parents were not fit for such quick and sudden motions, and long flights, he provided as well as he could for their settlement; which was an instance of his filial affection for them, and piety towards them. His father’s name is well known, Jesse, Ru 4:22<\/span>, c. but his mother’s name is nowhere mentioned the Jews say her name was Natzbet, the daughter of Adal y.<\/p>\n y T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 91. 1.<\/p>\n (3) Mizpeh.<\/strong>This particular Mizpeh is mentioned nowhere else. The word means a watch tower; <\/em>it was probably some mountain fortress in Moab. It has been suggested that it was the same as Zophim, a word of the same root as Mizpeh (see Num. 23:14<\/span>). David evidently sought hospitality among his kin in Moab. Jesse, his father, was the grandson of Ruth the Moabitess. The distance from the south of Judah Where the fugitives were wandering was not great.<\/p>\n Till I know what <\/strong><\/p>\n God will do for me.<\/strong>This memory of Davids words to the King of Moab shows that the old trust and love, which in his first moments of care and sorrow had failed him, had come back again to the son of Jesse. It is interesting to note that David when addressing the Moabite sovereign speaks of God Elohim, not of Jehovah. This was probably out of deep reverence; an idolator had nothing to do with the awful name by which the Eternal was known to His covenant peoplea Name which, as originally uttered, has now passed away from the earth. We read the mystic four letters, but no man, Jew or Gentile, can pronounce the Name of Names. The Name, however, was not unknown in Moab, for the mystic letters which compose it occur in the inscription of Mesha, dating about 150 years from the days of Davids exile.<\/p>\n DAVID IN MIZPEH OF MOAB, 1Sa 22:3-4<\/span>.<\/p>\n 3<\/strong>. <\/strong> Mizpeh of Moab <\/strong> The name of this place does not occur again, and we are left in uncertainty as to its situation. Some have supposed that the place was identical with Kir-Moab, the modern Kerak; but greater plausibility attaches to the supposition that this Mizpeh was some commanding eminence on the east of the Jordan, like Nebo or Pisgah, at that time in the possession of the Moabites. David had reason to expect a kind reception among the Moabites, on the ground that his great grandmother, Ruth, was a Moabitess. <\/p>\n Let my father and my mother be with you <\/strong> He regarded their age and feebleness as too great to endure the anxieties and hardships of his wild mode of life, and the cave of Adullam was for them too dark and cheerless an asylum. <\/p>\n Till I know what God will do for me <\/strong> He knew that he was innocent, and the victim of a wicked persecution, but he cherished a strong hope that in the end his cause would be vindicated.<\/p>\n David Ensures The Safety Of His Father And Mother ( 1Sa 22:3-4<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> ). <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n The cave was no place for his ageing father and mother, and so David went to Mizpeh of Moab and asked the king of Moab if he would watch over them for him. We do not know how he had become acquainted with the king of Moab, but we do know that he had Moabite blood in his veins from his great-grandmother 1sa (1Sa 4:17<\/span>). It would seem therefore that there had been previous contact, either through his father, or when he had been commander of a military unit under Saul. Here we have here one of those details which are never explained but which remind us how little we know of the to-ings and fro-ings of life in those days, and a reminder that God prepares the way for His people. <\/p>\n One further thing that we learn here, and that is that while Saul lived his prophet-less life in Gibeah, the prophet of YHWH came to David in Mizpeh. David was still very much YHWH’s concern. <\/p>\n Analysis. <\/p>\n a <\/strong> And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab (1Sa 22:3<\/span> a). <\/p>\n b <\/strong> And he said to the king of Moab, “Let my father and my mother, I pray you, come forth, and be with you, until I know what God will do for me” (1Sa 22:3<\/span> b). <\/p>\n c <\/strong> And he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. (1Sa 22:4<\/span>). <\/p>\n b <\/strong> And the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not abide not in the stronghold. Depart, and get you into the land of Judah” (1Sa 22:5<\/span> a). <\/p>\n a <\/strong> Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth (1Sa 22:5<\/span> b). <\/p>\n Note that in ‘a’ went to Mizpeh of Moab, and in the parallel he left there and came back to Judah, to the Forest of Hereth. In ‘b’ David exhorted the king of Moab to watch over his parents, and in the parallel the prophet Gad exhorted David himself not to remain in Moab any longer. His place was in Judah. In ‘c’ the king of Moab fulfilled David’s request. <\/p>\n 1Sa 22:3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n ‘<\/strong> And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, “Let my father and my mother, I pray you, come forth, and be with you, until I know what God will do for me.” <\/p>\n David’s concern for his parents was in line with YHWH’s commandment to ‘honour your father and mother’. The writer wants us to recognise that in the midst of all his problems David fulfilled all God’s commandments. Mizpeh means ‘watchtower’. There were many Mizpehs. This one was probably on the border of Moab looking down on the Jordan rift valley. We note that the king of Moab was the only king to help him in his time of need, possibly because of his Moabite ancestry. <\/p>\n Note also how David’s faith had blossomed, “until I know what God will do for me.” His sojourn in the cave of Adullam and his new small army had made all the difference to his thinking. He was now full of expectation. <\/p>\n 1Sa 22:4<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n ‘<\/strong> And he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.’ <\/p>\n So David’s parents dwelt with the king of Moab all the time that David was ‘in the stronghold’. We know from 1Sa 22:5<\/span> that the stronghold was outside Judah. It was indeed probably Mizpeh. But his parents were not in Mizpeh. They were with the king enjoying his hospitality. <\/p>\n 1Sa 22:5<\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\n ‘<\/strong> And the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not abide not in the stronghold. Depart, and get you into the land of Judah.” Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth. <\/p>\n Then, however, a young prophet named Gad arrived, possibly from Samuel. He came to David at Mizpeh and instructed him to return to the land of Judah. It was not good that David be out of touch with the people. It would be important in the future that he had lived among them. So David took shelter with his men in the Forest of Hereth (of which we know nothing). The thick, tangled forests of Judah made a good hiding place for a band of men like David’s. <\/p>\n Thus following his descent into deception at Nob and the low point of his life in Gath, YHWH had now given him three indications that He was still with him. The foundation of his new army at Adullam, the concern shown for his parents by the king of Moab, and the appearance of a prophet of YHWH to give him guidance. All demonstrated that YHWH had not forgotten him. Gad will later appear as ‘the king’s seer’ (2Sa 24:11<\/span>; 1Ch 21:9<\/span>), will act as his adviser (2Sa 24:11<\/span> ff) and will keep records of his life for our benefit (1Ch 29:29<\/span>). <\/p>\n (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.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I pass over the consideration of David’s filial regard to his parents, sweet and profitable as the review of his affection to them would be, in the improvement it holds forth, in order to attend to a point in these verses infinitely more important; I mean, that patient waiting, and dependence upon God, until he knew what the Lord’s will concerning him was; and how he should be disposed of. The highest marks of faith are those which eye God in everything, and cause the soul humbly to wait the Lord’s pleasure. When we can pray over the dispensation, leave that dispensation with Him that ordereth all things in wisdom; and cheerfully abide by the result. This is faith in its best principles. Reader! may you and I thus love Christ, and then we shall truly glorify him. See another beautiful example of this kind in David’s conduct on a similar occasion. 2Sa 15:25-26<\/span> .<\/p>\n 1Sa 22:3 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 3. To Mizpeh of Moab.<\/strong> ] Called also Malle, \/APC 1Ma 5:26<\/em> as Junius after Josephus thinketh – that is, a fort. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And he said unto the king of Moab.<\/strong> ] Who might therefore favour him, because Saul, their common enemy, hated and persecuted him: like as Queen Elizabeth respected and aided the king of Portugal, cast out by the Spaniard. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let my father and my mother, I pray thee.<\/strong> ] This care of his for his aged parents’ ease and safety was very commendable, and worthy of imitation. He might haply plead that his father’s grandmother, Ruth, was a Moabitess.<\/p>\n come forth. Syriac and Vulgate read. “dwell”. No Ellipsis then to be supplied. <\/p>\n God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. <\/p>\n Mizpeh: Jdg 11:29 <\/p>\n the king: 1Sa 14:47, Rth 1:1-4, Rth 4:10, Rth 4:17 <\/p>\n Let my father: Gen 47:11, Exo 20:12, Mat 15:4-6, 1Ti 5:4 <\/p>\n till I know: 1Sa 3:18, 2Sa 15:25, 2Sa 15:26, Phi 2:23, Phi 2:24 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Sa 25:26 – as the Lord liveth 2Sa 10:2 – as his father Psa 11:1 – how<\/p>\n 1Sa 22:3. David went from thence to Mizpeh For the Moabites were at difference with Saul, 1Sa 14:47. Let my father and my mother be with you David, perhaps, the rather hoped for this kindness to be shown to his aged parents, who were not able to travel up and down, as he was likely to be obliged to do, because he was descended from Ruth, a Moabitess. The filial tenderness of David here deserves our admiration, who makes it his first care to fix his parents in a place of safety and ease, not being able to bear their being exposed to the dangers and hardships which the necessity of his affairs obliged him to undergo. His address to the king manifests his great tenderness to his parents, and his entire submission to the will of God. Till I know what God will do for me He expresses his hopes very modestly, as one that had entirely cast himself upon God, and committed his way to him, trusting not in his own arts or arms, but in the wisdom, power, and goodness of God. <\/p>\n 22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of {b} 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.<\/p>\n (b) For there was another so called in Judah.<\/p>\n David’s flight to Moab 22:3-4<\/span><\/p>\n Moab was a reasonable place for David’s parents to seek protection since David’s great-grandmother, Ruth, was a Moabitess. The exact location of Mizpah (lit. watchtower) of Moab is unknown. David may have wanted to secure the support of the Moabites since he could use help from neighboring kingdoms if Saul’s antagonism led to full-scale war. "The stronghold" (1Sa 22:4) was probably another name for Mizpah or another place close to it in Moab.<\/p>\n David’s flight to the forest of Hereth 22:5<\/span><\/p>\n Gad appears to have been a prophet who remained with David throughout his reign (cf. 2Sa 24:11). God provided another prophet through whom He communicated to the king-elect other than Samuel. The forest of Hereth was somewhere in Judah, but its exact location is unknown. [Note: On the alternate reading, "David . . . had departed," (<\/span>1Sa 22:6), see D. Winton Thomas, "A Note on noda’ in I Samuel XXII. 6," Journal of Theological Studies 21:2 (October 1970):401-2.] <\/span><\/p>\n 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. 3. Mizpeh of Moab ] Mentioned here only. 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