He came to the sheep pens by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.
David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. — This is no hyperbole; we have not only the authority of Strabo as above mentioned, but we have the authority of the most accurate travellers, to attest the fact of the vast capacity of caves in the East.