We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the hunters; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
1 Samuel 23:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So Saul stopped pursuing David and went against the Philistines; therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth. 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. |
We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the hunters; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Saul and his men went to search for him. When David was told, he went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David into the wilderness of Maon.
Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.”
When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the direction of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.