So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.
Here, I. David shelters himself in the cave of Adullam, Sa1 22:1. Whether it was a natural or artificial fastness does not appear; it is probable that the access to it was so difficult that David thought himself able, with Goliath's sword, to keep it against all the forces of Saul, and therefore buried himself alive in it, while he was waiting to see (and...
Commenting on 1 Samuel 22:1-5
And he brought them before the king of Moab,.... Having leave from him for it, and left them with him; so the Targum,"caused them to remain before him:" and they dwelt with him all the whole time that David was in the hold; either in the cave of Adullam, as some think; or rather at Mizpeh in Moab, which might be a fortified place; or...
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. (c) For he feared the rage of Saul against his house. (d) That is, in Mizpeh, which was a stronghold.