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# 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. Alternate translation: "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. Alternate translation: "they would soon be completely defeated" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])