2Then 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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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.
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here, I. Saul renews his pursuit of David, 1 Sam. 24:1 , 2 . No sooner had he come home safely from chasing the Philistines, in which it should seem he had good success, than he enquired after David to do him a mischief, and resolved to have another thrust at him, as if he had been delivered to do all these abominations , Jer. 7:10. By the frequent incursions of the Philistines, he might have seen…
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