Saul chose, Heb. and (i.e. then, as that adverb is oft used, as Genesis 3:5, Genesis 18:10, &c.) Saul chose. Three thousand men of Israel; which he thought sufficient for constant attendance and service, intending to summon the rest when need should be. Michmash; a tract of ground near Ramah and Beth-el, in the border of Benjamin, and near to the Philistines.
Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 13:2
1 Samuel 13:2
2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.