Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 22:1

DAvid therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam : and when his brethren, and all his fathers house heard it, they went down thither to him .

A Place of considerable Strength, 2 Sam. 23. 13. 1 Chron. 11. 15. in the Land of Iudah, Ios. 15. 21, 35. which being his own Tribe, and the Tribe to which God had first promised the Kingdom, Gen. 49. 10. he hoped for some Protection and Assistance there.

Partly to comfort and assist him; partly, to secure themselves at the present from Saul's Rage, which they knew to be Fierce and Cruel, and thought he might extend it to David's Friends; especially, because they had so lately Entertained him, Chap. 20. 6, 29. And partly, that they might share with David in his Honour and Advancement; which they now concluded certain, and near, though it was interrupted with some difficulties.

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