Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. He sent all the rest of the people back home.
 Wù n-læ meyn choʼtɨ ghelɨ ndo ìwòŋ nɨ̀ ŋweyn nkamsɨ̀ tal na ŋêyn àŋena ndu nù ghelɨ Fìlisìyà. Ghelɨ faŋ nkam sɨ̀bò antêynɨ̀ nɨ̀ ghelɨ nâ ghì na ŋêyn àŋena nà tɨm ìwoŋ amoʼ a ntèʼ Mikmàsh nɨ̀ Betèl ɨ ntèʼ kfɨ̀ynsɨ. Ghɨli ghì nkam ɨ ndù ŋêyn Jònatàn a ntèʼ Gibìyà abàs a Benjamìn. Wu n-læ choʼtɨ tî ɨ bè sɨ̂ ɨghî a ghɨ faŋ na àŋena kasi kfa sɨ a àŋena mɨ̂bè.