In the wilderness of Ziph— This mountainous wilderness was within the precincts of the tribe of Judah, (for there, as it was natural, David thought himself most in safety,) and upon the confines of Edom; Joshua 15:24. It is supposed to have had its name from the Hebrew word זפת zepheth, pitch, with which it is said to have abounded. This is the more probable, if it was situate, as some place it, on the borders of the Asphaltick lake. It was not far from Maon and Carmel, 1 Samuel 23:25 chap. 1 Samuel 25:5.
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1 Samuel 23:14
14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.