The wilderness of Ziph near the upper part of Nahal Hever. The Wilderness of Ziph is mentioned in the Biblical sources. David was hiding himself for King Saul. Nahal Hever is know a finding place of some fragments of the so called ‘Dead Sea Scroll’. The Greek fragments of the Minor Prophets were amongst the findings. There were also findings from the Bar Kochba revolt (133-135 CE) found. 1 Sam. 23:​14 And David stayed in the wilderness in fortresses, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness