1 Samuel 23:25-27

International Standard Version

²⁵ When Saul and his men went to search for David,^[a] some people^[b] told David, and he went down to the Rock of Escape^[c] and remained in the wilderness of Maon. Saul heard this and he pursued David into the wilderness of Maon. ²⁶ Saul went on one side of the mountain while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul while Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.

²⁷ Then a messenger came to Saul with this news: “Come quickly, because the Philistines have made a raid on the land!”