Holy Scripture

1 Samuel 23:26

A church father on this verse
“This is what happened to Paul. For the potency of the light suddenly surprised his feeble eyes and injured them. But the greatness of the voice brought low his strength and entered his ears and opened them. For they had been closed up by Jewish contentiousness as by wax. For the voice did not plough up the ears, as th…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — Homily - On Our Lord, 32

Source: Septuagint

Original

26And Saul and his men go on one side of the mountain, and David and his men are on the other side of the mountain: and David was hiding himself to escape from Saul: and Saul and his men encamped against David and his men, in order to take them.

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24And the Ziphites arose, and went before Saul: and David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, westward, to the right of Jeshimon.

25And Saul and his men went to seek him: and they brought word to David, and he went down to the rock that was in the wilderness of Maon: and Saul heard, and followed after David to the wilderness of Maon.

— 1 Samuel 23:26 —

27And there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come hither, for the Philistines have invaded the land.

28So Saul returned from following after David, and went to meet the Philistines: therefore that place was called The divided Rock.

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