Saul also and his men went to seek [him]. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
Ver. 25. He pursued after David.] Hunting him up and down as a partridge in the mountains this made him so tender, as we see he was. 1Sa 24:5