1 Samuel 23:28
So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
Note Sela-hammahlekoth means Rock of Escape.
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
Note Sela-hammahlekoth: that is, The rock of divisions
So Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
Note “Sela Hammahlekoth” means “rock of parting”.
So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Sela-hammahlekoth
- that is, the rock of divisions. Because, says the Targum, "the heart of the king was divided to go hither and thither." Here Saul was obliged to separate himself from David, in order to go and oppose the invading Philistines; which deliverance of David was of such a nature as made the Divine interposition fully visible.
- 1 Samuel 23:28