1 Samuel · שְׁמוּאֵל א

1 Samuel 23:28

וַיָּ֣שָׁב שָׁא֗וּל מִרְדֹף֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ לִקְרַ֣את פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים עַל־כֵּ֗ן קָֽרְאוּ֙ לַמָּק֣וֹם הַה֔וּא סֶ֖לַע הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת׃
vayashab shaʾvl mirdof ʾaḥarey david vayelek liqraʾt plishtiym ʿal-ken qarʾv lamaqvom hahvʾ selaʿ hamaḥlqvot
King James Version (KJV)

Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth. {Selahammahlekoth: that is, The rock of divisions}

Modern English

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

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