en_tn_condensed/jdg/20/34.md

ten thousand

"10,000" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)

chosen men

This is an idiom that means these were particularly good soldiers. AT: "well-trained soldier" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

disaster was close to them

Here immanent disaster is spoken of as if it was standing very close by them. AT: "they would soon be completely defeated" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

25,100 men

"twenty-five thousand one hundred men" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)