23. So look and learn about all the hiding places where he hides himself. And come to me with certainty, and I will go with you. And it will be that if he is in the land, then I will track him throughout all the clans of Judah.”
24. So they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon, in the desert south of Jeshimon.
25. Saul and his men went to seek him, but they told David. Therefore he came down to the Rock, and lived in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the Wilderness of Maon.
26. Saul went on this side of the mountain and David and his men on that side of the mountain. And David hurried to get away from Saul. Now Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
27. But a messenger came to Saul saying, “Hurry and go! For the Philistines have invaded the land.”
28. So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and he went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape.
29. David then went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.