1 Samuel 23:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.”
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“So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela–hammahlekoth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Saul turneth back from pursuing after David, and goeth to meet the Philistines, therefore they have called that place `The Rock of Divisions.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 23:28 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 23:25and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
- 1 Samuel 24:1After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
- 1 Samuel 24:2So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
- Psalms 124:7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
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