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went out into the countryside against Israel

This means that they went out and fought against them in battle. Alternate translation: "went out into the countryside and fought against Israel" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

against Israel

Here "Israel" refers to their soldiers, not all of the Israelites. Alternate translation: "against the Israelite soldiers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)