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# Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; he allied himself with Ahab

The word "now" is used here to mark background information. This happened before Ahab went down to Samaria. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

# he allied himself with Ahab

"he aligned himself with Ahab" or "he made himself a friend of Ahab"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; he allied himself with Ahab`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The word "now" is used here to mark background information. This happened before Ahab went down to Samaria. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# he allied himself with Ahab`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"he aligned himself with Ahab" or "he made himself a friend of Ahab"`