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, accompanied by three thousand of the fit young men of Israel,^(A) went immediately to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.