²² Go and check again. Investigate^[a] where he goes^[b] and who has seen him there; they tell me he is extremely cunning. ²³ Investigate^[c] all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with accurate information, and I’ll go with you. If it turns out he really is in the region, I’ll search for him among all the clans^[d] of Judah.” ²⁴ So they went to Ziph ahead of Saul.

Now David and his men were in the wilderness near Maon^(A) in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,