OET interlinear 1 SAM 24:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

בָּח֖וּר מִ⁠כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_took Shāʼūl/(Saul) three_of thousand (a)_man chosen from=all Yisrael and=he/it_went to,seek DOM Dāvid and,men_of,his on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of rocks_of of,the_mountain_goats )

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [whom he had chosen from all of Israel]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וַ⁠יֵּ֗לֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_took Shāʼūl/(Saul) three_of thousand (a)_man chosen from=all Yisrael and=he/it_went to,seek DOM Dāvid and,men_of,his on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of rocks_of of,the_mountain_goats )

The author is using Saul to represent himself and all his men in the act of traveling. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a plural pronoun to indicate this. Alternate translation: [And they went]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

עַל־פְּנֵ֖י

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_took Shāʼūl/(Saul) three_of thousand (a)_man chosen from=all Yisrael and=he/it_went to,seek DOM Dāvid and,men_of,his on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of rocks_of of,the_mountain_goats )

See how you translated the similar expression in 14:25. The author is using the term face to mean the surface or slopes of these cliffs. Alternate translation: [on the slopes of]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

עַל־פְּנֵ֖י

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_took Shāʼūl/(Saul) three_of thousand (a)_man chosen from=all Yisrael and=he/it_went to,seek DOM Dāvid and,men_of,his on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of rocks_of of,the_mountain_goats )

These cliffs contained many caves where David could have been hiding, and the author means that Saul went to search for David in the caves that opened up onto the face or slopes of the cliffs. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [in the caves in]