1 Samuel 23:28 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁸ So Sha’ul turned back from pursuing Dawiḏ

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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

Our being has escaped like a bird From the snare of the trappers; The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

1 Samuel 23:25

And Sha’ul and his men went to seek him, and they informed Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 23:27

Then a messenger came to Sha’ul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have invaded the land!”

1 Samuel 23:29

And Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 24:1

And it came to be, when Sha’ul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, that it was reported to him, saying, “See, Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 24:2

So Sha’ul took three thousand chosen men from all Yisra’ĕ