² He chose three thousand men from Israel for himself: two thousand were with Saul at Michmash^(A) and in Bethel’s hill country, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah^(B) of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the troops away, each to his own tent.

² So Saul took three thousand of Israel’s fit young men^(A) and went to look for David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.