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1 Samuel 23:28

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

1 Samuel 23:28 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 23:28 in context

  1. 26Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David hurried to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.
  2. 27But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!”
  3. 28So Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
  4. 29David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.