# Then they rose up

They stopped what they had been doing. The reader should not believe that they were sitting or lying.

# Then they

"Then the Ziphites"

# Ziph

This is the name of a place. See how you translated this in [1 Samuel 23:14](./13.md).

# Jeshimon

This is the name of a desert area near the Dead Sea. It can also be translated as "the Judean Wilderness" or "the wasteland." See how you translated this in [1 Samuel 23:19](./19.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# David was told of it

This can be translated in active form. AT: "Someone told David that they were coming" or "David learned that they were coming" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# rocky hill

a hill covered with many rocks or boulders

# the wilderness of Maon

This is the name of the deserted area around the city of Maon in southern Judah. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/saul]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desert]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/arabah]]