1 Samuel 23:25

New American Bible - revised edition

When Saul and his men came looking for him, David got word of it and went down to the gorge in the wilderness below Maon. Saul heard of this and pursued David into the wilderness below Maon.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:2

He said: O Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer,

Judges 15:8

And he struck them hip and thigh—a great slaughter. Then he went down and stayed in a cleft of the crag of Etam.

1 Samuel 23:24

So they went off to Ziph ahead of Saul. At this time David and his men were in the wilderness below Maon, in the Arabah south of the wasteland. Escape from Saul.

1 Samuel 23:26

As Saul moved along one side of the gorge, David and his men took to the other. David was anxious to escape Saul, while Saul and his men were trying to outflank David and his men in order to capture them.

1 Samuel 23:28

Saul interrupted his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. This is how that place came to be called the Rock of Divisions.