23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides; and come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. And it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search for him throughout all the [a]clans of Judah.”

24 So they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the Wilderness (A)of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. 25 When Saul and his men went to seek him, they told David. Therefore he went down [b]to the rock, and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued David in the Wilderness of Maon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:23 Lit. thousands
  2. 1 Samuel 23:25 Or from the rock

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