hid themselves: 1 Samuel 13:6, 1 Samuel 31:7
the battle: The LXX and Vulgate add here, και πας ο λαος ην μετα Σαουλ ως δεκα χιλιαδες ανδρων:, Et erant cum Saul, quasi decem millia virorum:. "And (all the people who were, LXX) there were with Saul about ten thousand men;" but this is supported by no other authority.