1 Samuel 24:2

Listen to 1 Samuel 24:2
2 (24-3) Y tomando SaĂșl tres mil hombres escogidos de todo Israel, fuĂ© en busca de David y de los suyos, por las cumbres de los peñascos de las cabras monteses.

1 Samuel 24:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 24:2

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel,
&c.] Out of his army, with which he had been pursuing the Philistines:

and went to seek David, and his men, upon the rocks of the wild goats;
which were in the wilderness of Engedi; those rocks were exceeding high and terrible to look at, full of precipices, and so prominent, that to travellers they seemed as if they would fall into the adjacent valleys, that it even struck terror into them to look at them F24; called the rocks of wild goats, because these creatures, called from hence "rupicaprae", or rock goats, see ( Job 39:1 ) ; delighted to be there; and are, as Pliny F25 says, of such prodigious swiftness, that they will leap from mountain to mountain, and back again at pleasure; these mountains David and his men chose for safety, and the height and craggedness of them did not deter Saul and his men from seeking him there.


FOOTNOTES:

F24 Adrichom Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 47. & Brocard. in ib.
F25 Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 53.
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1 Samuel 24:2 In-Context

1 (24-2) Y como SaĂșl volviĂł de los Filisteos, diĂ©ronle aviso diciendo: He aquĂ­ que David estĂĄ en el desierto de Engaddi.
2 (24-3) Y tomando SaĂșl tres mil hombres escogidos de todo Israel, fuĂ© en busca de David y de los suyos, por las cumbres de los peñascos de las cabras monteses.
3 (24-4) Y como llegĂł ĂĄ una majada de ovejas en el camino, donde habĂ­a una cueva, entrĂł SaĂșl en ella ĂĄ cubrir sus pies: y David y los suyos estaban ĂĄ los lados de la cueva.
4 (24-5) Entonces los de David le dijeron: He aquĂ­ el dĂ­a que te ha dicho JehovĂĄ: He aquĂ­ que entregĂł tu enemigo en tus manos, y harĂĄs con Ă©l como te pareciere. Y levantĂłse David, y calladamente cortĂł la orilla del manto de SaĂșl.
5 (24-6) DespuĂ©s de lo cual el corazĂłn de David le golpeaba, porque habĂ­a cortado la orilla del manto de SaĂșl.
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