1 Samuel 26:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Saul took three thousand of Israel's best soldiers and went to look for David there in Ziph Desert.

Cross References

Psalm 38:12

All who want me dead set traps to catch me, and those who want to harm and destroy me plan and plot all day.

1 Samuel 13:2

Then he chose three thousand men from Israel to be full-time soldiers and sent everyone else home. Two thousand of these troops stayed with him in the hills around Michmash and Bethel. The other thousand were stationed with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.

1 Samuel 24:17

and said: David, you're a better person than I am. You treated me with kindness, even though I've been cruel to you.

1 Samuel 24:2

Saul led three thousand of Israel's best soldiers out to look for David and his men near Wild Goat Rocks at En-Gedi.

1 Samuel 24:3

There were some sheep pens along the side of the road, and one of them was built around the entrance to a cave. Saul went into the cave to relieve himself. David and his men were hiding at the back of the cave.