(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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1 Samuel 22:1–5, “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. 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. 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. And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. 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.”
Adullam is south west of Jerusalem an in Israel, however it was a remote and isolated place. It was fairly close to Bethlehem, David’s home. David sent for his family and asked them to come to him. By this time he was a senior military leader in Israel so his brothers would be willing to come to him, unlike their attitude when he first went to fight against Goliath. David was afraid that Saul might kill his whole family in revenge for the fact that David had escaped his clutches. David made an arrangement with the king of Moab to look after his parents because they were too old to live in caves and keep moving to try and escape Saul. At least they would be safe there. Quite a few people heard about David and respected the fact that he had defeated Goliath, many others who wanted to escape their debts, their mundane lives or the problems they faced came to follow David trusting him to give them a better life. Before long, David had his own small army of four hundred men and became a war lord on the edges of Israel. Gad, the Lord’s prophet came and told David to move away from Adullam so he moved further south into a forested region where he would be safer.
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