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Read Full Chapter (1 Samuel 23) 1 Samuel 23:28 KJV
"Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth."
1 Samuel Chapter 23, Verse 28
1 Samuel 23:28 in Context (Verses 25–29 KJV)
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Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.*
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And 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.
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¶ But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.*
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Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.*
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¶ And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.