1 Samuel 23:25
King James Version
“Saul also and his men went to seek And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.”
Context
22Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, who hath seen him there: for it is told me he dealeth very subtilly.
23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
24And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
25Saul also and his men went to seek And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
26And 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.
27But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
28Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.