1 Samuel 23:28

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So Saul stopped pursuing David and went against the Philistines; therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.

Cross References

Psalm 124:7

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the hunters; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

1 Samuel 23:25

Saul and his men went to search for him. When David was told, he went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David into the wilderness of Maon.

1 Samuel 23:27

Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.”

1 Samuel 23:29

David then went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.

1 Samuel 24:1

When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”

1 Samuel 24:2

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the direction of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.