They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
"The wilderness of Maon"  (1 Samuel 23:25).  "Maon is a city in the hill country of Judah, and the home of Nabal the wealthy flock master.  The site is now called El Ma'in, eight miles south of Hebron."[20]