Rock of Escape

Place where Saul stopped pursuing David

A written article for Rock of Escape is still to come. Below and alongside: where Rock of Escape appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.

  • Rock of Escape

Original word

  • סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת sela-hammahlekoth
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Citations
“Rock of Escape.” Theographic Bible Metadata (Viz.Bible). theographic-bible-metadata. Theographic Bible Metadata · CC BY-SA 4.0 Accessed 2026-08-29.
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Where Rock of Escape appears in Scripture

1 Samuel 23

וַיָּשָׁב שָׁאוּל מִרְדֹף אַֽחֲרֵי דָוִד וַיֵּלֶךְ לִקְרַאת פְּלִשְׁתִּים עַל-כֵּן קָֽרְאוּ לַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא סֶלַע הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת׃
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Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.