1 Samuel 23:24

in the wilderness of Maon The district round the conical hill about seven miles south of Hebron still known as Tell Maîn. It is mentioned in Joshua 15:55 among the cities of Judah in the mountains. It was the home of Nabal (ch. 1 Samuel 25:2).

in the plain on the south of Jeshimon In the steppe on the south of the Waste. The Arâbahor "steppe" is here the name of the district south of "the Waste," where the plateau falls away towards the plains of Beersheba. The term Arâbahgenerally denotes either the depressed valley of the Jordan, or the valley between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Akaba, but neither of these can be intended here.