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# So Joab sent messengers to David and said
"So Joab sent messengers to David to say to him"
# have taken the city's water supply
"Taking" a place or landmark means to take control of it. Alternate translation: "have taken control of the city's water supply" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# I have fought ... I have taken
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Here Joab speaks of himself when he is actually referring to himself and his soldiers. Alternate translation: "My soldiers and I have fought ... my soldier and I have taken" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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