Therefore Saul returned from pursuing David, and went to meet the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape.

And David went up from there and dwelt in the strongholds at En Gedi.

Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, Is David not hiding with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is south of the desert?

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

If a ruler pays attention to lies, all his servants are wicked.

In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed; in you they eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.

They make the king glad with their evil, and the rulers with their lies.

And David went up from there and dwelt in the strongholds at En Gedi.