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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 23:28 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
1Sa 23:28	Strong Concordance	Wherefore Saul [07586] returned [07725] from pursuing [07291] after [0310] David [01732], and went [03212] against [07125] the Philistines [06430]: therefore they called [07121] that place [04725] Selahammahlekoth [05555].
	King James	Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Sela-hammahlekoth - See the margin. (Identified by Conder with a narrow and impassable gorge between El Kolah and Maon, called Malaky).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Sela-hammahlekoth - See the margin. (Identified by Conder with a narrow and impassable gorge between El Kolah and Maon, called Malaky).

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
Selahammahlekoth That is, The Crag (or Cliff) of Divisions.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]

Selahammahlekoth

That is, The Crag (or Cliff) of Divisions.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
From this occurrence the place received the name of Sela-hammahlekoth, "rock of smoothnesses," i.e., of slipping away or escaping, from חלק, in the sense of being smooth. This explanation is at any rate better supported than "rock of divisions, i.e., the rock at which Saul and David were separated" (Clericus), since חלק does not mean to separate.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

From this occurrence the place received the name of Sela-hammahlekoth, "rock of smoothnesses," i.e., of slipping away or escaping, from חלק, in the sense of being smooth. This explanation is at any rate better supported than "rock of divisions, i.e., the rock at which Saul and David were separated" (Clericus), since חלק does not mean to separate.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Called, &c. - That is, The rock of divisions, because there Saul was separated, and in a manner pulled asunder from David, who was now almost within his reach.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Called, &c. - That is, The rock of divisions, because there Saul was separated, and in a manner pulled asunder from David, who was now almost within his reach.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
They called that place Sela-hammah-lekoth - That is, the rock of divisions; because, says the Targum, the heart of the king was divided to go hither and thither. Here Saul was obliged to separate himself from David, in order to go and oppose the invading Philistines.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

They called that place Sela-hammah-lekoth - That is, the rock of divisions; because, says the Targum, the heart of the king was divided to go hither and thither. Here Saul was obliged to separate himself from David, in order to go and oppose the invading Philistines.

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