1 Samuel 24:1-2

David Spares Saul’s Life

24:1 (24:2) When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, they told him, “Look, David is in the desert of En Gedi.” 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 Tawarikh 20:2

20:2 David took the crown from the head of their king ⁴  and wore it ⁵  (its weight was a talent ⁶  of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city.

[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).

[20:2]  ⁴ tc The translation follows the MT, which reads “of their king”; the LXX and Vulgate read “of Milcom” (cf. 1 Kgs 11:5). Milcom, also known as Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.

[20:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and it was on the head of David.”

[20:2]  ⁶ sn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.