1 Samuel 23
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1 Samuel 23:25-28

25When Saul and his men went to seek him, they informed David, and he came down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

26Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, while Saul and his men 1were surrounding David and his men to apprehend them.

27But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have launched an attack against the land!”

28So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines; therefore they called that place 2the Rock of Division.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 23:26 Ps 17:9 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 23:28 Heb Sela-hammahlekoth; meaning uncertain, possibly Rock of Smoothness (i.e., “Slippery Rock”) ↩

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