1 Samuel 26:2

English Standard Version 2016

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.

Cross References

1 Samuel 24:2

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.

Psalm 38:12

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

1 Samuel 24:17

He said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.

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 Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent.

1 Samuel 24:3

And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave, and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave.