Lexicon :: Strong's H1272 - bāraḥ

Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you [in a distinct manifestation] when you fled [years ago] from Esau your brother.”

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, “What is this that we have done? We have let Israel go from serving us!”

So David fled and escaped and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him everything that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth.

David fled from Naioth in Ramah and he came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my [fn]guilt? What is my sin before (against) your father, that he is seeking my life?”

Then David arose and fled from Saul that day, and went to Achish king of [fn]Gath.

But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to David.

When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.

Now Absalom fled. And the young man who kept watch looked up, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain.

But Absalom fled and went to [his mother’s father] Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David [fn]mourned for his son every day.

But it happened after three years, that two of Shimei’s servants ran away to Achish the son of Maacah, the king of [fn]Gath. And Shimei was told, “Behold, your [runaway] servants are in Gath.”

God also stirred up another adversary for Solomon, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah.

I also discovered that the portions due the Levites had not been given to them, so that the Levites and the singers who did the work had gone away, each one back to his own field.

“Now my days are swifter than a runner;

They vanish, they see no good.

“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;

He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

“He may flee from the iron weapon,

But the bow of bronze will pierce him through.

“For it will hurl [thunderbolts of God’s wrath] at him unsparingly and without compassion;

He flees in haste from its power.

“The arrow cannot make him flee;

Slingstones are treated as stubble by him.

A Psalm of David. When he fled from Absalom his son.

O LORD, how my enemies have increased!

Many are rising up against me.

To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] “Do Not Destroy.” A Mikhtam of David. [A record of memorable thoughts of David] when he fled from Saul in the cave.

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,

For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,

And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secure

Until destruction passes by.

Where can I go from Your Spirit?

Or where can I flee from Your presence?