1 Samuel 24:2

“Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, etc.] 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 f473; called the rocks of wild goats, because these creatures, called from hence “rupicaprae”, or rock goats, (see <183901>Job 39:1); delighted to be there; and are, as Pliny f474 says, of such prodigious swiftness, that they…”

“The rocks of the wild goats - To signify the craggy precipitous character of the country. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Rocks - Which the wild goats used to delight in and climb over. These very rocks are exceeding steep, and full of precipices, and dangerous to travellers, as an eye - witness hath left upon record. And yet Saul was so transported with rage, as to venture himself and his army here, that he might take David, who, as he thought, would judge himself safe, and therefore be secure in such inaccessible places. 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 24:3”

“24:2 3,000 elite troops: David’s force was outnumbered five to one (23:13).”

“Saul took: Sa1 13:2 and went: Psa 37:32, Psa 38:12 the rocks: Psa 104:18, Psa 141:6 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 24:3”