1 Samuel 23:28

Sela-hammahlekôth Either (1) "Rock of escapes;" or more probably (2) "Rock of divisions," because there Saul had to relinquish the pursuit of David.

Lieut. Conder thinks he has discovered the scene of David's escape. Between the ridge of El Kôlahand the neighbourhood of Maon there is a great gorge called "the Valley of the Rocks:" to part of this the name Wady Malâkinow applies, and there is no other place near Maon where cliffs, such as are to be inferred from the word Sela, can be found. See Tent Work, II. 91.