We have escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!
1 Samuel 23:28 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape. More versionsKing 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 as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!
And Saul and his men went to seek him. And David was told; therefore he went down to the rock which is in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
when a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Make haste and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.”
When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats' Rocks.