# Then Saul arose and went

The word "arose" is an idiom for taking action. Alternate translation: "Then Saul took action and he went" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# three thousand

3,000 (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# chosen men

men whom he had chosen because of their superior military abilities