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27 an urgent message reached Saul that the Philistines were raiding Israel again. 28 So Saul quit chasing David and returned to fight the Philistines. Ever since that time, the place where David was camped has been called the Rock of Escape.[a] 29 [b]David then went to live in the strongholds of En-gedi.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:28 Hebrew Sela-hammahlekoth.
  2. 23:29 Verse 23:29 is numbered 24:1 in Hebrew text.

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