## So Saul removed him from his presence ##

"So Saul removed David from his presence"

## a thousand ##

AT: "one thousand" or "1,000" (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. 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]])