2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Samuel 13:2:1 ⧉וַיִּבְחַר־ל֨וֹvayivkharloand he chose for himself 1 Samuel 13:2:2 ⧉שָׁא֜וּלshaulSaul 1 Samuel 13:2:3 ⧉שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתsheloshetthree {construct of} 1 Samuel 13:2:4 ⧉אֲלָפִים֮alafimthousands 1 Samuel 13:2:5 ⧉מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֒miyisraelfrom Israel 1 Samuel 13:2:6 ⧉וַיִּהְי֨וּvayihyuand they were 1 Samuel 13:2:7 ⧉עִם־שָׁא֜וּלimshaulwith Saul 1 Samuel 13:2:8 ⧉אַלְפַּ֗יִםalpayimtwo thousand 1 Samuel 13:2:9 ⧉בְּמִכְמָשׂ֙bemikhmasin Michmash 1 Samuel 13:2:10 ⧉וּבְהַ֣רuveharand in the hill country of 1 Samuel 13:2:11 ⧉בֵּֽית־אֵ֔לbetelBethel 1 Samuel 13:2:12 ⧉וְאֶ֗לֶףveelefand a thousand 1 Samuel 13:2:13 ⧉הָיוּ֙hayuwere 1 Samuel 13:2:14 ⧉עִם־י֣וֹנָתָ֔ןimyonatanwith Jonathan 1 Samuel 13:2:15 ⧉בְּגִבְעַ֖תbegivatin Gibeath of 1 Samuel 13:2:16 ⧉בִּנְיָמִ֑יןbinyaminBenjamin 1 Samuel 13:2:17 ⧉וְיֶ֣תֶרveyeterand the rest of 1 Samuel 13:2:18 ⧉הָעָ֔םhaamthe people 1 Samuel 13:2:19 ⧉שִׁלַּ֖חshilakhhe sent away 1 Samuel 13:2:20 ⧉אִ֥ישׁisha man or each man 1 Samuel 13:2:21 ⧉לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃leohalavto his tent |
2. Formal Translation And Saul chose for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent, each man to his tent. |
2. Dynamic Translation Saul selected three thousand men from all Israel. He kept two thousand with him at Michmash and the hills near Bethel, and placed a thousand under Jonathan’s command at Gibeah in Benjamin. He dispatched everyone else to their homes. |