## "Is not David hiding in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the wilderness?" ##

AT: "David certainly must be hiding in the hill of Hachilah, which is near the desert."  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## Then Saul arose ##

an idiomatic expression for "taking action." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## three thousand ##

3,000 (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])