1 Samuel 24:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the direction of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then Saul took 3,000 chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men among the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

American Standard Version (1901)

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

Common English Bible

So Saul took three thousand men selected from all Israel and went to look for David and his soldiers near the rocks of the wild goats.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when Saul had returned after pursuing the Philistines, they reported to him, saying, "Behold, David is in the desert of Engedi."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when Saul was returned from following the Philistines they told him, saying: Behold, David is in the desert of Engaddi.

1 Samuel 24:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:2

He said, “The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,

Job 39:1

“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer?

Psalm 104:18

The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.

Psalm 141:6

When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that my words were pleasant.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watch for the righteous and seek to kill them.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin and meditate on treachery all day long.

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul chose three thousand out of Israel; two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; the rest of the people he sent home to their tents.

1 Samuel 23:28

So Saul stopped pursuing David and went against the Philistines; therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.

1 Samuel 26:2

So Saul rose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, with three thousand chosen men of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.