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 24:8

24:8 Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul, “My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.

1 Samuel 24:12

24:12 May the Lord judge between the two of us, and may the Lord vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.

1 Samuel 24:18-19

24:18 You have explained today how you have treated me well. The Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me. 24:19 Now if a man finds his enemy, does he send him on his way in good shape? May the Lord repay you with good this day for what you have done to me.

1 Samuel 24:21

24:21 So now swear to me in the Lord’s name ⁴  that you will not kill ⁵  my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.”

[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).

[24:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “by the Lord.”

[24:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “cut off.”