^{3 Ref} And David goeth thence to Mizpeh of Moab, and saith unto the king of Moab, `Let, I pray thee, my father and my mother go out with you, till that I know what God doth for me;'

^{4 Ref} and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress.