1 Samuel 23:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Psalm 124:7

and we escaped like birds from a hunter's torn net.

1 Samuel 23:25

Saul and his army set out to find David. But David heard that Saul was coming, and he went to a place called The Rock, one of his hideouts in Maon Desert. Saul found out where David was and started closing in on him.

1 Samuel 23:27

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

1 Samuel 23:29

David left and went to live in the hideouts at En-Gedi.

1 Samuel 24:1

When Saul got back from fighting off the Philistines, he heard that David was in the desert around En-Gedi.

1 Samuel 24:2

Saul led three thousand of Israel's best soldiers out to look for David and his men near Wild Goat Rocks at En-Gedi.