Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul ... saying, Doth not David hide himself with us? From the Tell of Ziph a panorama of the whole surrounding district is to be seen. No wonder, then, that the Ziphites saw David and his men passing to and fro in the mountains of the wilderness, and spying him at a distance, when he ventured to show himself on the hill of Hachilah, 'on the right hand of the wilderness,' - i:e., the south side of Ziph-sent in haste to Saul, to tell him of the lurking place of his enemy' (Van de Velde).