In Telaim. — Identical with Telem (Joshua 15:24), a place on the south border of Judah, near the region where the Amalekites chiefly dwelt. — Kimchi Telaim, however, signifies “lambs;” probably “Beth,” house of, is to be understood. Thus it was no town, but the “place or house of lambs” — some open spot, where, at the proper season, the lambs were collected from the pastures in the wilderness. — Dean Payne Smith.
Ten thousand men of Judah. — Again the numbers of this great tribe are out of proportion to the numbers furnished by the rest of the tribes. (See Note on 1 Samuel 11:8.)