1 Samuel 23:25

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:2

And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;

Judges 15:8

And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.

1 Samuel 23:24

And they went back and came to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the waste land of Maon, in the dry land south of the waste land.

1 Samuel 23:26

And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.

1 Samuel 23:28

So turning back from going after David, Saul went against the Philistines: so that place was named Sela-hammah-lekoth.