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 Arabah"  (1 Samuel 23:24b).  This was the name of that great geological rift that includes the Sea of Galilee, the Jordan river and the Dead Sea. Biblical mention of it sometimes refers to the northern part of that great valley and sometimes to the southern part.  "The Dead Sea is called, "The Sea of the Arabah."[19]  The Arabah ended in the Gulf of Aqabah.  The Arabah here is in the vicinity of the Dead Sea.