24. The people from Ziph went back ahead of Saul, and they found out that David and his men were still south of Jeshimon in the Maon Desert.
25. Saul and his army set out to find David. But David heard that Saul was coming, and he went to a place called The Rock, one of his hideouts in Maon Desert.Saul found out where David was and started closing in on him.
26. Saul was going around a hill on one side, and David and his men were on the other side, trying to get away. Saul and his soldiers were just about to capture David and his men,
27. when a messenger came to Saul and said, “Come quickly! The Philistines are attacking Israel and taking everything.”
28. Saul stopped going after David and went back to fight the Philistines. That's why the place is called “Escape Rock”.
29. David left and went to live in the hideouts at En-Gedi.