1 Samuel 24:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats' Rocks.

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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, and my fortress, and my deliverer,

Job 39:1

“Do you know when the mountain goats bring forth? Do you observe the calving of the hinds?

Psalm 104:18

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

Psalm 141:6

When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that the word of the Lord is true.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul chose three thousand men of Israel; two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibe-ah of Benjamin; the rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent.

1 Samuel 23:28

So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.

1 Samuel 26:2

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