1 Samuel 23:28

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

Cross References

Psalm 124:7

Our being has escaped like a bird From the snare of the trappers; The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

1 Samuel 23:25

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.

1 Samuel 23:27

Then a messenger came to Sha’ul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have invaded the land!”

1 Samuel 23:29

And Dawiḏ went up from there and remained in strongholds at Ěn Geḏi.

1 Samuel 24:1

And it came to be, when Sha’ul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, that it was reported to him, saying, “See, Dawiḏ is in the Wilderness of Ěn Geḏi.”

1 Samuel 24:2

So Sha’ul took three thousand chosen men from all Yisra’ĕl, and went to seek Dawiḏ and his men on the Rocks of the Wild Goats.