Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.
Saul was delighted, and David distressed, when some people from Ziph told Saul where David was hiding (19-24; see Psalms 54:0). David was saved from certain capture when Saul left hurriedly to deal with another attack by the raiding Philistines (25-29).