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1 Samuel 24:2

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.

KJV

Cumque reversus esset Saul, postquam persecutus est Philisthæos, nuntiaverunt ei, dicentes : Ecce David in deserto est Engaddi.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἐγενήθη ὡς ἀνέστρεψεν Σαοὺλ ἀπὸ ὄπισθεν τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ ἀπηγγέλη αὐτῷ λεγόντων ὅτι Δαυεὶδ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Ἐνγάδδει.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֗י כַּֽ/אֲשֶׁר֙ שָׁ֣ב שָׁא֔וּל מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֖י פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַ/יַּגִּ֤דוּ ל/וֹ֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר הִנֵּ֣ה דָוִ֔ד בְּ/מִדְבַּ֖ר עֵ֥ין גֶּֽדִי

Hebrew

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People SaulDavid

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
גֶּֽדִי
gdy
proper_noun · 12×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
ו
v
noun · 717×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שָׁא֔וּל
sh'vl
proper_noun · 404×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 26:2 — Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
  • 1Sam 26:2 — Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
  • Job 39:1 — Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
  • Ps 104:18 — The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.