²⁷ a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.” ²⁸ So Saul returned from pursuing after David and went against the Philistines. Therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.^[a]

²⁷ a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.”