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


In Context

25 Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

26 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 surrounded David and his men to take them.

27 But a messenger came to Saul, saying, |Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!|

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

29 David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.

1 Samuel 23:28 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:28Then Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why they call this place Sela Hammahlekoth.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:28Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela- hammahlekoth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:28Wherefore Saul returned, leaving the pursuit of David, and went to meet the Philistines. For this cause they called that place, the Rock of division.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:28So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28And Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:28So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammah-lekoth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28And Saul turneth back from pursuing after David, and goeth to meet the Philistines, therefore they have called that place 'The Rock of Divisions.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:28Why Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.