1 Samuel 24:3

New American Bible - revised edition

So Saul took three thousand of the best men from all Israel and went in search of David and his men in the direction of the wild goat crags.

Cross References

Psalm 141:6

May their leaders be cast over the cliff, so that they hear that my speeches are pleasing.

Judges 3:24

When Ehud had left and the servants had come, they saw that the doors of the upper room were locked, and thought, “He must be easing himself in the cool chamber.”

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul chose three thousand of Israel, of whom two thousand remained with him in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the army back to their tents.

1 Samuel 26:2

So Saul went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand of the best warriors of Israel, to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph.

1 Samuel 26:3

Saul camped beside the road on the hill of Hachilah, at the edge of Jeshimon. David, who was living in the wilderness, saw that Saul had come into the wilderness after him