1 Samuel 24:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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

and he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

Job 39:1

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Psalm 104:18

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

Psalm 141:6

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

Psalm 38:12

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And imagine deceits all the day long.

1 Samuel 13:2

And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

1 Samuel 23:28

So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

1 Samuel 26:2

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