en_tn_lite_do_not_use/2ki/03/21.md

Now

This word is used here to mark a stop in the main story. Here the author tells background information about the Moabite army preparing to meet the three kings and their armies in battle. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background)

everyone who was old enough to gird on armor

Here "armor" represents ability to fight. Alternate translation: "all the men who were able to fight" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)

the kings had come

Here the word "kings" refers to both the kings and their armies. Alternate translation: "the kings had come with their armies" or "the kings and their armies had come" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche)