Saul went to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the wadi.
Saul alerted the army, and at Telaim reviewed two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah.
He warned the Kenites: “Leave Amalek, turn aside and come down so I will not have to destroy you with them, for you were loyal to the Israelites when they came up from Egypt.” After the Kenites left,
with these orders: “See that you ambush the city from the rear. Do not be very far from the city. All of you must be ready.
He took about five thousand warriors and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.