1 Samuel 24:2

New English Translation

So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find David and his men in the region of the rocks of the mountain goats.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:2

He said: “The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

Job 39:1

“Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

Psalm 104:18

The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.

Psalm 141:6

They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

Psalm 37:32

Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. He sent all the rest of the people back home.

1 Samuel 23:28

So Saul stopped pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines. Therefore that place is called Sela Hammahlekoth.

1 Samuel 26:2

So Saul arose and went down to the desert of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand select men of Israel, to look for David in the desert of Ziph.