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Then all the people in distress, in debt or embittered began gathering around him, and he became their leader; there were about four hundred with him.

David went from there to Mitzpeh of Mo’av and said to the king of Mo’av, “Please let my father and mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.” He presented them to the king of Mo’av, and they lived with him as long as David remained in his stronghold.

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