² Then everyone who was in distress, and everyone who ^[a]was in debt, and everyone who was bitter of soul, gathered to him; and he became a commander over them. Now there were ^(A)about four hundred men with him.

³ And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.” ⁴ Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the fortress.