en_tn/1sa/18/13.md

# So Saul removed him from his presence

"So Saul removed David from his presence"

# a commander of a thousand

Possible meanings are 1) the word "thousand" represents the exact amount of soldiers that he would lead. AT: "a commander of 1,000 soldiers" or 2) the word translated as "thousand" does not represent exact number, but is the name of a large military division. AT: "a commander of a large military division" See how you translated a similar phrase in [1 Samuel 17:18](../17/17.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# David went out and came in before the people

Here "the people" refers to the soldiers under David's command. The phrases "went out" and "came in" are idioms that refer to leading the people into battle and leading them home from battle. AT: "David led his soldiers into battle and led them home from battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/saul]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/appoint]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/commander]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/david]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# So Saul removed him from his presence`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`"So Saul removed David from his presence"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# a commander of a thousand`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Possible meanings are 1) the word "thousand" represents the exact amount of soldiers that he would lead. AT: "a commander of 1,000 soldiers" or 2) the word translated as "thousand" does not represent exact number, but is the name of a large military division. AT: "a commander of a large military division" See how you translated a similar phrase in [1 Samuel 17:18](../17/17.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# David went out and came in before the people`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`Here "the people" refers to the soldiers under David's command. The phrases "went out" and "came in" are idioms that refer to leading the people into battle and leading them home from battle. AT: "David led his soldiers into battle and led them home from battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/saul]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/appoint]]`
Fixed rc links to tw that used 'kt' or 'other' wrong 2017-07-22 04:40:48 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/commander]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/david]]`