1 Samuel 13:2
13:2 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.
1 Samuel 14:52
14:52 There was fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. So whenever Saul saw anyone who was a warrior or a brave individual, he would conscript him.