1 Samuel 23:29

And David went up from thence ,.... From the wilderness of Maon, having had a narrow escape for his life:

and dwelt in strong holds in Engedi ; another place in the tribe of Judah, and which lay in the wilderness of Judah, and from whence that is called the wilderness of Engedi; and here Dr. Lightfoot F23 Works, vol. 1. p. 58. thinks he penned the sixty third psalm, Psalm 63:1 , the wilderness about Engedi being the most desert of all other places, that being upon the borders of the dead sea; of this place; see Gill on Joshua 15:62 .