Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats' Rocks.
So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
When their judges are thrown over the cliff, then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.
The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.
Saul chose three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent.
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