1 Samuel 23:28 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So Saul returned from pursuing David and went against the Philistines. So they called that place the Rock of Escape.

American Standard Version (1901)

So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

Common English Bible

So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to fight the Philistines. That’s why that place is called Escape Rock.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, Saul turned back, ceasing in the pursuit of David, and he traveled to meet the Philistines. For this reason, they called that place, the Rock of Division.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Wherefore Saul returned, leaving the pursuit of David, and went to meet the Philistines. For this cause they called that place, the Rock of Division.

English Standard Version 2016

So Saul returned from pursuing after David and went against the Philistines. Therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.

1 Samuel 23:28 Cross References

Psalm 124:7

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

1 Samuel 23:25

Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

1 Samuel 23:27

But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

1 Samuel 23:29

And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.

1 Samuel 24:1

And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.

1 Samuel 24:2

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.