1 Samuel 23:25

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Saul and his men went to search for him. When David was told, he went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David into the wilderness of Maon.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:2

He said, “The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,

Judges 15:8

He struck them down hip and thigh with a massive defeat, and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

1 Samuel 23:24

So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.

1 Samuel 23:26

Saul went on one side of the mountain and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, while Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.

1 Samuel 23:28

So Saul stopped pursuing David and went against the Philistines; therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.