I Samuel 22:4
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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.
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In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,
When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,