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1 Samuel 23:28

Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.

KJV

Reversus est ergo Saul desistens persequi David, et perrexit in occursum Philisthinorum : propter hoc vocaverunt locum illum, Petram dividentem.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀνέστρεψεν Σαοὺλ μὴ καταδιώκειν ὀπίσω Δαυείδ, καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς συνάντησιν τῶν ἀλλοφύλων· διὰ τοῦτο ἐπεκλήθη ὁ τόπος ἐκεῖνος Πέτρα ἡ μερισθεῖσα.

LXX

So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

ASV

וַ/יָּ֣שָׁב שָׁא֗וּל מִ/רְדֹף֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד וַ/יֵּ֖לֶךְ לִ/קְרַ֣את פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים עַל כֵּ֗ן קָֽרְאוּ֙ לַ/מָּק֣וֹם הַ/ה֔וּא סֶ֖לַע הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
ם
m
verb · 144×
סֶ֖לַע
sl'
proper_noun · 2×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×
קְרַ֣את
qr't
verb · 37×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שָׁא֔וּל
sh'vl
proper_noun · 404×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 24:1 — And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.