1 Samuel 23:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁷ when a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Make haste and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ But a messenger came to Saul, saying, Make haste and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.

Common English Bible

²⁷ But a messenger suddenly came to Saul. “Come quick!” he said. “The Philistines have invaded the land!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come, because the Philistines have poured themselves out upon the land."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ And a messenger came to Saul, saying: Make haste to come, for the Philistines have poured in themselves upon the land.

1 Samuel 23:27 Cross References

Genesis 22:14

So Abraham called the name of that place The Lord will provide; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

2 Kings 19:9

And when the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “Behold, he has set out to fight against you,” he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

1 Chronicles 14:13

And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.

Psalm 116:3

The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

Deuteronomy 32:36

For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none remaining, bond or free.

Revelation 12:16

But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had poured from his mouth.

1 Samuel 23:26

Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was making haste to get away from Saul, as Saul and his men were closing in upon David and his men to capture them,

1 Samuel 23:28

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

1 Samuel 27:10

When Achish asked, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David would say, “Against the Negeb of Judah,” or, “Against the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites,” or, “Against the Negeb of the Kenites.”