1 SAMUEL 22:3 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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 everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered to him — the cave becomes a magnet for the marginalized: *kal ish atzur* (everyone in distress), *kal ish asher lo nechasav* (everyone in debt), *kal ish mar nefesh* (everyone of bitter spirit). The verb *va'yit asfu*, gathered, suggests a natural aggregation, as if David's presence draws toward him all those whom the established order has failed. These four hundred men, drawn from the social margins, become the foundation of David's army.
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