1 Samuel 23:28

New English Translation

So Saul stopped pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines. Therefore that place is called Sela Hammahlekoth.

Cross References

Psalm 124:7

We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.

1 Samuel 23:25

Saul and his men went to look for him. But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.

1 Samuel 23:27

But a messenger came to Saul saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

1 Samuel 23:29

(24:1) Then David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En Gedi.

1 Samuel 24:1

(24:2) When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, they told him, “Look, David is in the desert of En Gedi.”

1 Samuel 24:2

So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find David and his men in the region of the rocks of the mountain goats.