Place

Sela Hammahlekoth

셀라하마느곳

Named at 1 Samuel 23:28: “So Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.” At 23:25–27 Saul pursues David in the wilderness of Maon, Saul on this side of the mountain and David and his men on that side, when a messenger comes to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!”

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1SA 23:25–29, engwebp
²⁵Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.
²⁶Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David hurried to get away for fear of Saul, for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.
²⁷But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!”
²⁸So Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
²⁹David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Rock of Escape” by name and 1 shared verse. The leading identification is along Wadi Malaqi (confidence 573 of 1000). The dataset gives no point for it, only the region, river or route it lies in or along, so no point is drawn for it.

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along Wadi Malaqi
OpenBible.info confidence 573 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.45151, 35.23289
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Rock of Escape” (CC BY 4.0)

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Narrated location (1) — Sela Hammahlekoth, where Saul returns from pursuing David

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So Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.

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Entry: Sela Hammahlekoth (place-sela-hammahlekoth)
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Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 23:28: “So Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.” At 23:25–27 Saul pursues David in the wilderness of Maon, Saul on this side of the mountain and David and his men on that side, when a messenger comes to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!”
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