1 Samuel 23:25-27

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²⁵ Saul and his men went to search for him. When David was told, he went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David into the wilderness of Maon. ²⁶ Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men 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, saying, ‘Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.’