So: the common Hebrew conjunction is rightly taken by most modern translations as a logical connector in this context.

By night may be better rendered “while it was [still] dark” in some languages.

There lay Saul sleeping: the Hebrew begins this sentence with the focusing particle often translated “behold.” The original may be more literally rendered “behold Saul is sleeping!” This construction seems to be intended to mark an element of surprise in the story.

The army: literally “the people.” See verse 5.

Encampment: see verse 5.

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on the First and Second Books of Samuel, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2001. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .