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.
Saul was delighted, and David distressed, when some people from Ziph told Saul where David was hiding (19-24; see Psalms 54:0). David was saved from certain capture when Saul left hurriedly to deal with another attack by the raiding Philistines (25-29).