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1Sa 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the wilderness		Maon, from which the adjoining mountainous district derived its name, was city in the most southern parts of the tribe of Judah, and a neighbouring town to Carmel. Hence Nabal (1Sa 25:2) is described as a man of Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and though he might dwell generally in Maon, yet he is styled Nabal the Carmelite, from the place where his estate lay. Calmet supposes it to be the city Minoïs, which Eusebius places in the vicinity of Gaza; and the Moenoemi Castrum, which the Theodosian code places near Beersheba.
Maon		1Sa 25:2; Jos 15:55
the south		1Sa 23:19

Correlating Passages

the wilderness

1Sa 25:2

And [there was] a man in Maon, whose possessions [were] in Carmel; and the man [was] very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Maon

	1Sa 25:2	And [there was] a man in Maon, whose possessions [were] in Carmel; and the man [was] very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
	Jos 15:55	Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

the south

1Sa 23:19

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?

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 23:24," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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