1 Samuel 23:25

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after 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, even mine;

Judges 15:8

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

1 Samuel 23:24

And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

1 Samuel 23:26

And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

1 Samuel 23:28

So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.