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 of En Gedi.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:28 Sela Hammahlekoth means rock of parting.
  2. 1 Samuel 23:29 In Hebrew texts this verse (23:29) is numbered 24:1.