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# Ten thousand
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"10,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])
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# chosen men
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This is an idiom that means these were particularly good soldiers. Alternate translation: "well-trained soldier" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# disaster was close to them
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Here immanent disaster is spoken of as if it was standing very close by them. Alternate translation: "they would soon be completely defeated" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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