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]])
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