1 Samuel 24:2 - New International Version (Anglicised) So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Saul took 3,000 chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men among the Rocks of the Wild Goats. American Standard Version (1901) Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. Common English Bible So Saul took three thousand men selected from all Israel and went to look for David and his soldiers near the rocks of the wild goats. Catholic Public Domain Version And when Saul had returned after pursuing the Philistines, they reported to him, saying, "Behold, David is in the desert of Engedi." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when Saul was returned from following the Philistines they told him, saying: Behold, David is in the desert of Engaddi. |
‘Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.
Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, intent on putting them to death;
Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.
Saul chose three thousand men from Israel; two thousand were with him at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. The rest of the men he sent back to their homes.
Then Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why they call this place Sela Hammahlekoth.
So Saul went down to the Desert of Ziph, with his three thousand select Israelite troops, to search there for David.