1 Samuel 23:28 - Easy To Read Version

²⁸ So Saul stopped chasing David and went to fight the Philistines. That is why people call this place “Slippery Rock.” [194]

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ So Saul returned from pursuing David and went against the Philistines. So they called that place the Rock of Escape.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

Common English Bible

²⁸ So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to fight the Philistines. That’s why that place is called Escape Rock.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ Therefore, Saul turned back, ceasing in the pursuit of David, and he traveled to meet the Philistines. For this reason, they called that place, the Rock of Division.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ Wherefore Saul returned, leaving the pursuit of David, and went to meet the Philistines. For this cause they called that place, the Rock of Division.

1 Samuel 23:28 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 124:7

We are like a bird that was\par trapped in a net,\par and then escaped.\par The net broke, and we escaped!\par

1 Samuel 23:25

Saul and his men went to look for David. But people warned David. They told him that Saul was looking for him. David then went down to “The Rock” in the Desert of Maon. Saul heard that David had gone to the Desert of Maon. So Saul went to that place to find David.

1 Samuel 23:27

Then a messenger came to Saul. The messenger said, “Come quickly! The Philistines are attacking us!”

1 Samuel 23:29

David left the Desert of Maon and went to the fortresses [195] near En Gedi.

1 Samuel 24:1

After Saul had chased the Philistines away, people told Saul, “David is in the desert area near En Gedi.”

1 Samuel 24:2

So Saul chose 3,000 men from all over Israel. Saul took these men and began looking for David and his men. They looked near Wild Goat Rocks.