1 Samuel 23:25

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And Sha’ul and his men went to seek him, and they informed Dawiḏ, so he went down to the rock, and remained in the Wilderness of Ma‛on. And when Sha’ul heard this, he pursued Dawiḏ in the Wilderness of Ma‛on.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:2

And he said, “יהוה is my rock and my stronghold and my deliverer.

Judges 15:8

And he struck them hip and thigh, a great slaughter, and went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Ěytam.

1 Samuel 23:24

And they rose up and went to Ziph before Sha’ul, while Dawiḏ and his men were in the Wilderness of Ma‛on, in the desert plain on the south of the wasteland.

1 Samuel 23:26

And Sha’ul went on one side of the mountain, and Dawiḏ and his men on the other side of the mountain. And Dawiḏ was hurrying to get away from Sha’ul, for Sha’ul and his men were surrounding Dawiḏ and his men to take them.

1 Samuel 23:28

So Sha’ul turned back from pursuing Dawiḏ, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela Hammaḥleqoth.