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1 Samuel 24:2

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

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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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And 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.
BLB
And Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel, and he went to seek David and his men on the face of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
ÅB
Da tok Saul tre tusen mann, som han hadde valgt ut blant hele Israel, og dro avsted for å lete etter David og hans menn på Stenbukk-klippene.
OTB
Da tok Saul tre tusen utvalgte menn fra hele Israel og dro for å lete etter David og hans menn foran Steinbukk-klippene.
B1930
Da tok Saul tre tusen mann, som han hadde valgt ut blandt hele Israel, og drog avsted for å lete efter David og hans menn på Stenbukk-klippene.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 26:2

    So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.

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  • 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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  • Psalms 104:18

    The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.

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  • 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.

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  • Psalms 38:12

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

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  • Psalms 37:32

    Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

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