2Then 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.


In Context

1 It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, |Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.|

2 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.

3 He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.

4 The men of David said to him, |Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, 'Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.'| Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.

1 Samuel 24:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:2So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:2Then 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:2Saul therefore took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went out to seek after David, and his men, even upon the most craggy rocks, which are accessible only to wild goats.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:2Then 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:2And Saul took three thousand men, chosen out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:2Then 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:2Then 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:2And Saul taketh three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and goeth to seek David and his men, on the front of the rocks of the wild goats,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:2Then 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.