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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 24:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 24:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Then Saul [07586] took [03947] three [07969] thousand [0505] chosen [0977] men [0376] out of all Israel [03478], and went [03212] to seek [01245] David [01732] and his men [0582] upon [06440] the rocks [06697] of the wild goats [03277]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
DAVID IN A CAVE AT ENGEDI CUTS OFF SAUL'S SKIRT, BUT SPARES HIS LIFE. (Sa1 24:1-7)
Saul . . . went . . . to seek David . . . upon the rocks of the wild goats--Nothing but the blind infatuation of fiendish rage could have led the king to pursue his outlawed son-in-law among those craggy and perpendicular precipices, where were inaccessible hiding places. The large force he took with him seemed to give him every prospect of success. But the overruling providence of God frustrated all his vigilance. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The rocks of the wild goats - To signify the craggy precipitous character of the country. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Rocks - Which the wild goats used to delight in and climb over. These very rocks are exceeding steep, and full of precipices, and dangerous to travellers, as an eye - witness hath left upon record. And yet Saul was so transported with rage, as to venture himself and his army here, that he might take David, who, as he thought, would judge himself safe, and therefore be secure in such inaccessible places. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Rocks of the wild goats - The original (צורי היעלים tsurey haiyeelim) is variously understood. The Vulgate makes a paraphrase: Super abruptissimas petras quae solis ibicibus perviae sunt; "On the most precipitous rocks over which the ibexes alone can travel." The Targum: the caverns of the rocks. The Septuagint make the original a proper name; for out of צרוי היעלים tsurey haiyeelim, they make Σαδδαιεμ Saddaiem, and in some copies Αειαμειν Aeiamein, which are evidently corruptions of the Hebrew. |
1 And it came to pass, when Saul [07586] was returned [07725] from following [0310] the Philistines [06430], that it was told [05046] him, saying [0559], Behold, David [01732] is in the wilderness [04057] of Engedi [05872].
2 Then Saul [07586] took [03947] three [07969] thousand [0505] chosen [0977] men [0376] out of all Israel [03478], and went [03212] to seek [01245] David [01732] and his men [0582] upon [06440] the rocks [06697] of the wild goats [03277].
3 And he came [0935] to the sheepcotes [01448] [06629] by the way [01870], where was a cave [04631]; and Saul [07586] went in [0935] to cover [05526] his feet [07272]: and David [01732] and his men [0582] remained [03427] in the sides [03411] of the cave [04631].
4 And the men [0582] of David [01732] said [0559] unto him, Behold the day [03117] of which the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto thee, Behold, I will deliver [05414] thine enemy [0341] into thine hand [03027], that thou mayest do [06213] to him as it shall seem good [03190] unto thee [05869]. Then David [01732] arose [06965], and cut off [03772] the skirt [03671] of Saul's [07586] robe [04598] privily [03909].
5 And it came to pass afterward [0310], that David's [01732] heart [03820] smote [05221] him, because he had cut off [03772] Saul's [07586] skirt [03671].
6 And he said [0559] unto his men [0582], The LORD [03068] forbid [02486] that I should do [06213] this thing [01697] unto my master [0113], the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899], to stretch forth [07971] mine hand [03027] against him, seeing he is the anointed [04899] of the LORD [03068].
7 So David [01732] stayed [08156] his servants [0582] with these words [01697], and suffered [05414] them not to rise [06965] against Saul [07586]. But Saul [07586] rose up [06965] out of the cave [04631], and went [03212] on his way [01870].