1 Samuel 23:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

when a messenger came to Saul and said, “Come quickly! The Philistines are attacking Israel and taking everything.”

Cross References

Genesis 22:14

Abraham named that place “The LORD will Provide”. And even now people say, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

2 Kings 19:9

About this same time the king of Assyria learnt that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was on his way to attack him. Then the king of Assyria sent some messengers with this note for Hezekiah:

1 Chronicles 14:13

Some time later, the Philistines came back into the hill country and camped in Rephaim Valley.

Psalm 116:3

Death attacked from all sides, and I was captured by its painful chains. But when I was really suffering,

Deuteronomy 32:36

When only a few of the LORD's people remain, when their strength is gone, and some of them are slaves, the LORD will feel sorry for them and give them justice.

Revelation 12:16

But the earth helped her and swallowed the water that had come from the dragon's mouth.

1 Samuel 23:26

Saul was going around a hill on one side, and David and his men were on the other side, trying to get away. Saul and his soldiers were just about to capture David and his men,

1 Samuel 23:28

Saul stopped going after David and went back to fight the Philistines. That's why the place is called “Escape Rock”.

1 Samuel 27:10

who would ask, “Where did you attack today?” David would answer, “Oh, we attacked some desert town that belonged to the Judah tribe.” Sometimes David would say, “Oh, we attacked a town in the desert where the Jerahmeel clan lives” or “We attacked a town in the desert where the Kenites live.”