Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 23:25

25 Saul also and his men went to seek him, and they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock , and abode in the wilderness of Maon: and when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

i. e. Into a Cave which was in the Rock; or, which might be called a Rock, not for the height, but the strength of its situation: where at first he might think to hide himself, but upon further intelligence or consideration he removed from thence upon Saul's approach. Or, he came down from the Rock, i. e. Either, First, From the Mountain mentioned in the next Verse, whence he came down, that so he might get out of Saul's sight and reach. Or, Secondly, From the Hill of Hachilah, where David hid himself, which is said to be on the South of Jeshimon, v. 19. as this place where he now was, is also described, v. 24. onely that speaks of the Plain, and this of the Rock or Hill adjoyning to it, or in the midst of it. Or, he came down to Selah, as the Syriack and Arabick translate it; a place so called from the many Rocks or Stones which were in it, or near it.