25. When Saul and his men came looking for him, David got word of it and went down to the gorge in the wilderness below Maon. Saul heard of this and pursued David into the wilderness below Maon.
26. As Saul moved along one side of the gorge, David and his men took to the other. David was anxious to escape Saul, while Saul and his men were trying to outflank David and his men in order to capture them.
27. Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, because the Philistines have invaded the land.”
28. Saul interrupted his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. This is how that place came to be called the Rock of Divisions.