("the stone".) Near Saul's house, the scene of David and Jonathan's parting (1 Samuel 20:19). At 1 Samuel 20:41 instead of "out of a place toward the S." Smith's Bible Dictionary reads, "David arose from close to the stone heap" ('argob for negeb; so Septuagint). But KJV is better, from the side of the S., in relation to Jonathan's position; accordingly David next flees southward, to Nob.