1 Samuel 23:25

New King James Version

When Saul and his men went to seek him, they told David. Therefore he went down to the rock, and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued David in the Wilderness of Maon.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:2

And he said: “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

Judges 15:8

So he attacked them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; then he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

1 Samuel 23:24

So they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.

1 Samuel 23:26

Then Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. So David made haste to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men were encircling David and his men to take them.

1 Samuel 23:28

Therefore Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines; so they called that place the Rock of Escape.