seh'-lah
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock,
literally or figuratively (a fortress):--(ragged) rock,
stone(-ny), strong hold.
And the coast [01366] of the Amorites [0567] was from the going up [04608] to Akrabbim [04610], from the rock [05553], and upward [04605].the going…: or, Maaleh–acrabbim
And the angel [04397] of God [0430] said [0559] unto him, Take [03947] the flesh [01320] and the unleavened cakes [04682], and lay [03240] them upon this [01975] rock [05553], and pour out [08210] the broth [04839]. And he did [06213] so.
And he smote [05221] them hip [07785] and [05921] thigh [03409] with a great [01419] slaughter [04347]: and he went down [03381] and dwelt [03427] in the top [05585] of the rock [05553] Etam [05862].
Then three [07969] thousand [0505] men [0376] of Judah [03063] went [03381] to the top [05585] of the rock [05553] Etam [05862], and said [0559] to Samson [08123], Knowest [03045] thou not that the Philistines [06430] are rulers [04910] over us? what is this that thou hast done [06213] unto us? And he said [0559] unto them, As they did [06213] unto me, so have I done [06213] unto them.went: Heb. went down
And they spake [0559] unto him, saying [0559], No; but we will bind [0631] thee fast [0631], and deliver [05414] thee into their hand [03027]: but surely [04191] we will not kill [04191] thee. And they bound [0631] him with two [08147] new [02319] cords [05688], and brought him up [05927] from the rock [05553].
And they turned [06437] and fled [05127] toward the wilderness [04057] unto the rock [05553] of Rimmon [07417]: and they gleaned [05953] of them in the highways [04546] five [02568] thousand [0505] men [0376]; and pursued [01692] hard after [0310] them unto Gidom [01440], and slew [05221] two thousand [0505] men [0376] of them.
But six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] turned [06437] and fled [05127] to the wilderness [04057] unto the rock [05553] Rimmon [07417], and abode [03427] in the rock [05553] Rimmon [07417] four [0702] months [02320].
And the whole congregation [05712] sent [07971] some to speak [01696] to the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] that were in the rock [05553] Rimmon [07417], and to call [07121] peaceably [07965] unto them.to speak…: Heb. and spake and calledcall…: or, proclaim peace