David Spares Saul

24 Now it happened, ^(A)when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, “Take note! David is in the Wilderness of En Gedi.”

²⁸ Therefore Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines; so they called that place ^[a]the Rock of Escape. ²⁹ Then David went up from there and dwelt in strongholds at ^(A)En Gedi.

⁹ In you are ^(A)men who slander to cause bloodshed; ^(B)in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.

¹⁹ Then the Ziphites ^(A)came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding with us in strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?