(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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1 Samuel 26:1–5, “And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.”
Ziph was a town near Hebron and the people from that town strongly supported Saul. They had betrayed David to Saul before and, when the discovered that David was in their area, they betrayed him again. David was hiding between Hebron and the Dead Sea, in a largely desert area with some oases. David must have become quite familiar with this area when he was working as a shepherd in his younger years. Saul went down to try and find David again. When David saw that Saul was actually coming right into the desert region to find him, he sent men to keep a watch on Saul so that he could be forewarned of the king’s movements. One night, Saul and his men camped and they were in a deep sleep. This is very much like the sleep that the Lord gave to Jonah when he was asleep in the ship as he tried to go to Tarshish. David came upon Saul asleep in a “foxhole” of some king in the middle of his men. Because the Lord had given them this deep sleep, the sentries didn’t notice David and was able to stand right next to the sleeping king.
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