1 Samuel 24:2 - Easy To Read Version

² So Saul chose 3,000 men from all over Israel. Saul took these men and began looking for David and his men. They looked near Wild Goat Rocks.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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

² 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)

² 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

² 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

² 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

² 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

The Lord is my Rock, [134] my Fortress, [135] my Place of Safety.

Job 39:1

“Job, do you know when\par the mountain goats are born?\par Do you watch when the mother deer\par has her baby?\par

Psalm 104:18

The high mountains are a home\par for wild goats.\par The large rocks are hiding places\par for rock-badgers.\par

Psalm 141:6

Let their rulers be punished.\par Then people will know I spoke the truth.\par

Psalm 37:32

But bad people are always looking\par for ways to kill good people.\par

Psalm 38:12

My enemies say bad things about me.\par They are spreading lies and rumors. {\cf2\super [231]} \par They talk about me all the time.\par

1 Samuel 13:2

he chose 3,000 men from Israel. There were 2,000 men who stayed with him at Micmash in the hill country of Bethel. There were 1,000 men who stayed with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. Saul sent the other men in the army back home.

1 Samuel 23:28

So Saul stopped chasing David and went to fight the Philistines. That is why people call this place “Slippery Rock.” [194]

1 Samuel 26:2

Saul went down to the desert of Ziph. Saul took the 3,000 soldiers he had chosen from all over Israel. Saul and these men looked for David in the desert of Ziph.