1 Heb “to search [for].”
2 Heb “upon the face of.”
3 Or “the region of the Rocks of the Mountain Goats,” if this expression is understood as a place name (cf. , , , , ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So Saul took three thousand of Israel’s fit young men and went to look for David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

NLTNew Living Translation

So Saul chose 3,000 elite troops from all Israel and went to search for David and his men near the rocks of the wild goats.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel, and he and his men went to search for David in the direction of the Rocks of the Mountain Goats.

KJV 1900King 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.

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