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1 Samuel 23:24-28

1 Samuel 23:24

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

1 Samuel 23:25

When Saul and his men went to seek him, they informed David, and he came down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

1 Samuel 23:26

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

1 Samuel 23:27

But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have launched an attack against the land!”

1 Samuel 23:28

So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Division.