David therefore departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father's house heard [it,] they went down there to him.

When Saul and his men went to seek [him,] they told David. Therefore he went down to the rock, and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard [that,] he pursued David in the Wilderness of Maon.

A Contemplation of David. A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cry out to the LORD with my voice; With my voice to the LORD I make my supplication.

"After that you shall come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison [is.] And it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying.

Now all Israel heard it said [that] Saul had attacked a garrison of the Philistines, and [that] Israel had also become an abomination to the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal.

And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.