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# It came about that

"It happened that" or "Then,"

# open the eyes of these men that they may see

Elisha is asking Yahweh to cause the men to see clearly again. AT: "allow these men to see" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Yahweh opened their eyes and they saw

Yahweh allowed the men to see clearly again. AT: "Yahweh took away their blindness" or "Yahweh allowed them to see clearly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# behold

The word "behold" here shows that the Arameans were surprised by what they saw.

# when he saw them

"when he saw the Aramean soldiers"

# My father

The king is speaking to Elisha the prophet and calling him "father" to show respect.

# should I kill them? Should I kill them?

Here the king of Israel is referring to his army as himself. AT: "Should I order my army to kill these enemy soldiers?" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/elisha]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# It came about that`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"It happened that" or "Then,"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# open the eyes of these men that they may see`
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			`Elisha is asking Yahweh to cause the men to see clearly again. AT: "allow these men to see" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
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			`# Yahweh opened their eyes and they saw`
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			`Yahweh allowed the men to see clearly again. AT: "Yahweh took away their blindness" or "Yahweh allowed them to see clearly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
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			`# behold`

			`The word "behold" here shows that the Arameans were surprised by what they saw.`

			`# when he saw them`

			`"when he saw the Aramean soldiers"`

			`# My father`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`The king is speaking to Elisha the prophet and calling him "father" to show respect.`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# should I kill them? Should I kill them?`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`Here the king of Israel is referring to his army as himself. AT: "Should I order my army to kill these enemy soldiers?" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# translationWords`

Relinking after change of directories. 2017-08-30 21:09:31 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/elisha]]`