Wilderness of Maon

Region · today Tel Main

Location well established

David Flees from Saul

Named in 2 Verses

  • 1 Samuel 23:24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
  • 1 Samuel 23:25 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.

Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.