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 strongholds of Engedi"  (1 Samuel 23:29).  In the terrain overlooking the Dead Sea, there is a freshwater spring, a marvelous oasis in the midst of some of the most desolate country on earth.  In ancient times, there were groves of date palm trees here, making it, "An ideal place for an outlaw for food and for a hiding place."[26]  With such a safe hiding place, David would wait, as he said, until he would see "what God would do" for him  (1 Samuel 22:3).