1 Samuel 23:24

23:24 So they left and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the desert of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.

1 Samuel 24:2

24:2 So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find ¹  David and his men in the region of ²  the rocks of the mountain goats. ³ 

1 Samuel 30:9

30:9 So David went, accompanied by his six hundred men. When he came to the Wadi Besor, those who were in the rear stayed there. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 31:3

31:3 Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; ⁵  the archers ⁶  spotted him and wounded him severely.

[24:2]  ¹ tn Heb “to search [for].”

[24:2]  ² tn Heb “upon the face of.”

[24:2]  ³ tn Or “the region of the Rocks of the Mountain Goats,” if this expression is understood as a place name (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV, CEV).

[30:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “stood.” So also in v. 10.

[31:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the battle was heavy against Saul.”

[31:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “the shooters, men with the bow.”