1 Kings 22:4
And he left them under the eyes of the king of Moab, and they abode with him all the days that David was in the hold.
Challoner: The holdThe strong hold, or fortress of Maspha.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et reliquit eos ante faciem regis Moab : manseruntque apud eum cunctis diebus quibus David fuit in præsidio.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ παρεκάλεσεν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ βασιλέως Μωάβ, καὶ κατῴκουν μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ὄντος τοῦ Δαυεὶδ ἐν τῇ περιοχῇ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיַּנְחֵ֕ם אֶת פְּנֵ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ עִמּ֔וֹ כָּל יְמֵ֥י הֱיוֹת דָּוִ֖ד בַּמְּצוּדָֽה
Haydock's commentary
The hold. The strong hold, or fortress of Maspha. (Challoner)
It signifies "a watch-tower." (Haydock)
In this place the parents of David probably finished their days, as we find no farther mention of them. (Salien)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.