24 So they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the Wilderness (A)of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.

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24 So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Desert of Maon,(A) in the Arabah south of Jeshimon.(B)

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25 When Saul and his men went to seek him, they told David. Therefore he went down [a]to the rock, and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued David in the Wilderness of Maon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:25 Or from the rock

25 Saul and his men began the search, and when David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Desert of Maon. When Saul heard this, he went into the Desert of Maon in pursuit of David.

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