1 Samuel 23:28 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²⁸ And the servants of David said to him: Behold the day, of which the Lord said to thee: I will deliver thy enemy unto thee, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes. Then David arose, and secretly cut off the hem of Saul's robe.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ So Saul returned from pursuing David and went against the Philistines. So they called that place the Rock of Escape.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

Common English Bible

²⁸ 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

²⁸ 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.

1 Samuel 23:28 Cross References

Psalm 124:7

When the lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted.

1 Samuel 23:25

And when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, they told him, saying: Behold, David is in the desert of Engaddi.

1 Samuel 23:27

And he came to the sheepcotes, which were in his way. And there was a cave, into which Saul went, to ease nature: now David and his men lay hid in the inner part of the cave.

1 Samuel 23:29

After which David's heart struck him, because he had cut off the hem of Saul's robe.

1 Samuel 24:1

And he said to his men: The Lord be merciful unto me, that I may do no such thing to my master the Lord's anointed, as to lay my hand upon him, because he is the Lord's anointed.

1 Samuel 24:2

And David stopped his men with his words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rising up out of the cave, went on his way.