Saul and his men were on one side of the hill, separated from David and his men, who were on the other side. They were hurrying to get away from Saul and his men, who were closing in on them and were about to capture them.

Saul took three thousand of the best soldiers in Israel and went looking for David and his men east of Wild Goat Rocks.

He came to a cave close to some sheep pens by the road and went in to relieve himself. It happened to be the very cave in which David and his men were hiding far back in the cave.

Saul went at once with three thousand of the best soldiers in Israel to the wilderness of Ziph to look for David,

and camped by the road on Mount Hachilah. David was still in the wilderness, and when he learned that Saul had come to look for him,

They hide themselves in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They spy on their helpless victims;

The helpless victims lie crushed; brute strength has defeated them.

They wink and make gestures to deceive you,

all the while planning evil in their perverted minds, stirring up trouble everywhere.