1 Samuel 24:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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

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.