1 Samuel 23:25 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁵ And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ Saul and his men went to seek him. And David was told; so he went down to the rock in the Wilderness of Maon and stayed. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the Wilderness of Maon.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

Common English Bible

²⁵ When Saul and his troops went looking for him, David was told about it, so he went down to a certain rock there and stayed in the Maon wilderness. When Saul heard that, he went into the Maon wilderness after David.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ Then Saul and his allies went to seek him. And this was reported to David. And immediately, he descended to the rock, and he moved about in the desert of Maon. And when Saul had heard of it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ Then Saul and his men went to seek him. And it was told David: and forthwith he went down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul had heard of it he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

1 Samuel 23:25 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:2

and he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

Judges 15:8

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

1 Samuel 23:24

And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

1 Samuel 23:26

And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

1 Samuel 23:28

So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.