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1 Samuel 23:28-29
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1 Samuel 23:28-29
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28 So Saul stopped chasing David and went to fight the Philistines. That is why people call this place “Slippery Rock.”[a] 29 David left the desert of Maon and went to the fortresses near En Gedi.
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- 1 Samuel 23:28 Slippery Rock Or “Sela Hammahlekoth.”
1 Samuel 23:28-29
New International Version
1 Samuel 23:28-29
New International Version
28 Then Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why they call this place Sela Hammahlekoth.[a] 29 And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds(A) of En Gedi.[b](B)
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 23:28 Sela Hammahlekoth means rock of parting.
- 1 Samuel 23:29 In Hebrew texts this verse (23:29) is numbered 24:1.
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