1 Samuel 23:28

New American Bible - revised edition

Saul interrupted his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. This is how that place came to be called the Rock of Divisions.

Cross References

Psalm 124:7

We escaped with our lives like a bird from the fowler’s snare; the snare was broken, and we escaped.

1 Samuel 23:25

When Saul and his men came looking for him, David got word of it and went down to the gorge in the wilderness below Maon. Saul heard of this and pursued David into the wilderness below Maon.

1 Samuel 23:27

Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, because the Philistines have invaded the land.”

1 Samuel 24:1

David then went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi.

1 Samuel 24:2

When Saul returned from the pursuit of the Philistines, he was told that David was in the desert near Engedi.