The Meaning of 1 Samuel 23:28 Explained

1 Samuel 23:28

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

YLT: And Saul turneth back from pursuing after David, and goeth to meet the Philistines, therefore they have called that place 'The Rock of Divisions.'

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

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

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KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does 1 Samuel 23:28 Mean?

Study Notes

Selahammahlekoth
i.e. The Crag (or Cliff) of Divisions.

Context Summary

1 Samuel 23:15-29 - A Relentless Pursuit Foiled

Amid outward strife, God is sure to provide some rill of human love-a tender friendship, a Jonathan. See Psalms 106:46. This is the mission of a friend-to strengthen our hands in God, whisper words of hope, and enter into renewed covenants with us. Is not this what our best Friend does? He finds us out in the deepest woods, and whispers His Fear not. There is no hunted soul to whom Jesus will not come to pour in the oil and wine of His presence.

Let us always strengthen our friends' hands in God. We sometimes weaken their good resolutions by our timid entreaties, as Peter did when he urged the Lord to spare Himself, Matthew 16:22. No, you must always help your friend to be his noblest and strongest. The angel strengthened the Redeemer in the garden. The one word for us to pass on is, "O man, greatly beloved, fear not; peace be unto thee; be strong, yea, be strong," Daniel 10:19.

The Ziphites made a direct bid for Saul's favor, but their plot miscarried. When a man puts his life into God's hands, he has no need to fear "the arrow by day nor the terror by night." Whatever difficulties threaten him, there is ever a way of escape. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 23

¹ David, enquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, rescues Keilah
⁷ God showing him the coming of Saul, and the treachery of the Keilites,
¹³ he escapes from Keilah
¹⁴ In Ziph Jonathan comes and comforts him
¹⁹ The Ziphites discover him to Saul
²⁵ At Maon he is rescued from Saul by the invasion of the Philistines
²⁹ He dwells at En Gedi

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 23:28 mean?

Therefore returned Saul from pursuing after David and went against the Philistines so thus they called place that - the Rock of Escape

וַיָּ֣שָׁב שָׁא֗וּל מִרְדֹף֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ לִקְרַ֣את פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים עַל־ כֵּ֗ן קָֽרְאוּ֙ לַמָּק֣וֹם הַה֔וּא סֶ֖לַע הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת

וַיָּ֣שָׁב	Therefore returned
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שׁוּב Sense: to return, turn back.
שָׁא֗וּל	Saul
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
מִרְדֹף֙	from pursuing
Parse: Preposition-m, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: רָדַף Sense: to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after.
אַחֲרֵ֣י	after
Parse: Preposition Root: אַחַר Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
דָוִ֔ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ	and went
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: הָלַךְ Sense: to go, walk, come.
לִקְרַ֣את	against
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: קָרָא Sense: to encounter, befall, meet.
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים	the Philistines
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural Root: פְּלִשְׁתִּי Sense: an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan.
עַל־	so
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
כֵּ֗ן	thus
Parse: Adverb Root: כֵּן Sense: so, therefore, thus.
קָֽרְאוּ֙	they called
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: קָרָא Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
לַמָּק֣וֹם	place
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מָקֹום Sense: standing place, place.
הַה֔וּא	that
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
סֶ֖לַע	-
Parse:
הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת	the Rock of Escape
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: הַמַּחְלְקֹות Sense: a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon, southeast of Hebron, the scene of an escape of David from Saul.

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