And Saul rose up, and went down into the desert of Ziph, and with him three thousand of men of the chosen of Israel, that he should seek David in the desert of Ziph.
And Saul chose to him three thousand men of Israel, and two thousand of them were with Saul in Michmash, in the hill of Bethel; and a thousand were with his son Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; soothly he sent again the tother people each man into his tabernacle.
Therefore Saul took three thousand chosen men of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men, yea upon the most broken rocks, the which be thorough-ways [or throughways] to wild goats alone.
And he came to the folds of sheep, that offered themselves to the way-goer. And there was a cave, into which Saul entered, that he would purge his womb; forsooth David and his men were hid in the inner part of the den.