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1 Samuel 23:28

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

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1 Samuel 23:28 in other translations

So Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.

1 Samuel 23:28 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 23:28 in context

  1. 26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
  2. 27But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.
  3. 28So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
  4. 29And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.