en_tn_condensed/1sa/26/01.md

# Is not David hiding ... Jeshimon?

This rhetorical question can be translated as an exclamation. AT: "David is hiding ... Jeshimon!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# before Jeshimon

"from which we can see Jeshimon"

# Jeshimon

This is the name of a desert area near the Dead Sea. It can also be translated as "the Judean Wilderness" or "the wasteland." See how you translated this in [1 Samuel 23:19](../23/19.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Then Saul arose and went

The word "arose" is an idiom for taking action. AT: "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

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/saul]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desert]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/elect]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]