Cross Reference 1 SAMUEL 23:24 AND THEY AROSE AND WENT TO ZIPH BEFORE SAUL BUT DAVID AND HIS MEN WERE IN THE WILDERNESS OF MAON IN THE PLAIN ON THE SOUTH OF JESHIMON

{1 Samuel 23:24} And they arose, 6965 z8799 and went y3212 z8799 x1980 to Ziph 2128 before 6440 Saul: 7586 but David 1732 and his men y582 x376 [were] in the wilderness 4057 of Maon, 4584 in the plain 6160 on x413 the south 3225 of Jeshimon. 3452

the wilderness:
Maon, from which the adjoining mountainous district derived its name, was city in the most southern parts of the tribe of Judah, and a neighbouring town to Carmel. Hence Nabal ("And [there was] a manª in Maon,ª whose possessionsª [were] in Carmel;ª and the manª [was] veryª great,ª and he had threeª thousandª sheep,ª and a thousandª goats:ª and he was¹ shearingª °¹ his sheepª in Carmel.ª" {1Sm 25:2}) is described as a man of Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and though he might dwell generally in Maon, yet he is styled Nabal the Carmelite, from the place where his estate lay. Calmet supposes it to be the city Minois, which Eusebius places in the vicinity of Gaza; and the Moenoemi Castrum, which the Theodosian code places near Beersheba.

Maon:
"And [there was] a manª in Maon,ª whose possessionsª [were] in Carmel;ª and the manª [was] veryª great,ª and he had threeª thousandª sheep,ª and a thousandª goats:ª and he was¹ shearingª °¹ his sheepª in Carmel.ª" {1Sm 25:2} + "Maon,ª Carmel,ª and Ziph,ª and Juttah,ª" {Jsh 15:55}

the south:
"Then came upª ° the Ziphitesª to¹ Saulª to Gibeah,ª saying,ª ° Doth not¹ Davidª hide² ° himself¹ with¹ us in strong holdsª in the wood,ª in the hillª of Hachilah,ª which¹ [is] on the southª ¹ of Jeshimon?ª" {1Sm 23:19}