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Ziphites
This is the name of the people group from Ziph. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
Is not David hiding among us in ... Jeshimon?
This rhetorical question can be translated as an exclamation. AT: "David is hiding among us in ... Jeshimon!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
the hill of Hakilah
This is the name of a hill in the wilderness of Judah. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
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: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
surrender him into the king's hand
The word "hand" is a metonym for power. The Ziphites speak to Saul as if he were another man to show him that they respect him. AT: "give David to you so you can do whatever you desire with him" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)