Bible verse
So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
1 Samuel 23:28 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Samuel 23.
24 So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
25 and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
26 Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
27 Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”
28 So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
29 And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.
KJV
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
ASV
So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
ERV
So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
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