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1 Samuel 24:2

1 Samuel 24:2 is verse 2 of 1 Samuel chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

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King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.

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1 Samuel 24:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”

2 So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

3 Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.

4 So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

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Hebrew words

וַיִּקַּ֣חand he took שָׁא֗וּלSaul שְׁלֹ֧שֶׁתthree אֲלָפִ֛יםthousand<s>אִ֥ישׁman בָּח֖וּרchosen מִכָּלfrom all יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael וַיֵּ֗לֶךְand he went לְבַקֵּ֤שׁto seek אֶת<obj.>דָּוִד֙David וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יוand men his עַלon פְּנֵ֖י[the] face of צוּרֵ֥י[the] rocks of הַיְּעֵלִֽיםthe mountain goats

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Samuel 13:2
He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.

Psalms 37:32
Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

Psalms 38:12
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

Psalms 104:18
The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.

Psalms 141:6
When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

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