Some people from Ziph went to Saul at Gibeah and said, “David is hiding out in our territory at Horesh on Mount Hachilah, in the southern part of the Judean wilderness.
If a ruler pays attention to false information, all his officials will be liars.
When Saul came back from fighting the Philistines, he was told that David was in the wilderness near Engedi.
Some men from Ziph came to Saul at Gibeah and told him that David was hiding on Mount Hachilah at the edge of the Judean wilderness.
and camped by the road on Mount Hachilah. David was still in the wilderness, and when he learned that Saul had come to look for him,