2. People who were oppressed or in debt or dissatisfied went to him, about 400 men in all, and he became their leader.
3. David went on from there to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother come and stay with you until I find out what God is going to do for me.”
4. So David left his parents with the king of Moab, and they stayed there as long as David was hiding in the cave.
5. Then the prophet Gad came to David and said, “Don't stay here; go at once to the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
6. One day Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under a tamarisk tree on a hill, with his spear in his hand, and all his officers were standing round him. He was told that David and his men had been found,