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OET (OET-LV) [fn] and_he/it_was as/like_just_as he_returned Shāʼūl from_pursuing the_Fəlishtiy and_told to_him/it to_say there Dāvid in/on/at/with_wilderness_of En.
24:2 Note: KJB: 1Sam.24.1
OET (OET-RV) So Sha’ul chose three thousand Israeli warriors and went searching for David and his men at Wild Goats Rocks.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
בָּח֖וּר מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was as/like,just_as returned Shāʼūl from,pursuing Pelishtim and,told to=him/it to=say see/lo/see! Dāvid in/on/at/with,wilderness_of En- -gedi )
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_was as/like,just_as returned Shāʼūl from,pursuing Pelishtim and,told to=him/it to=say see/lo/see! Dāvid in/on/at/with,wilderness_of En- -gedi )
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 / metonymy
עַל־פְּנֵ֖י
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was as/like,just_as returned Shāʼūl from,pursuing Pelishtim and,told to=him/it to=say see/lo/see! Dāvid in/on/at/with,wilderness_of En- -gedi )
See how you translated the similar expression in [1:12](../01/12.md). The author is using the term face by association to mean the surface or slopes of these cliffs. Alternate translation: [on the slopes of]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
עַל־פְּנֵ֖י
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was as/like,just_as returned Shāʼūl from,pursuing Pelishtim and,told to=him/it to=say see/lo/see! Dāvid in/on/at/with,wilderness_of En- -gedi )
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]
24:2 3,000 elite troops: David’s force was outnumbered five to one (23:13).
OET (OET-LV) [fn] and_he/it_was as/like_just_as he_returned Shāʼūl from_pursuing the_Fəlishtiy and_told to_him/it to_say there Dāvid in/on/at/with_wilderness_of En.
24:2 Note: KJB: 1Sam.24.1
OET (OET-RV) So Sha’ul chose three thousand Israeli warriors and went searching for David and his men at Wild Goats Rocks.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.