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# It came about that
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If your language has a way to mark the beginning of a new part of the story, consider using it here.
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# the eighteenth year
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"Eighteenth" is the ordinal form of 18. AT: "the 18th year" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# Shaphan ... Azaliah ... Meshullam ... Hilkiah
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These are men's names. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# house of Yahweh ... in the temple
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Here "house of Yahweh" and "temple" mean the same thing.
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# Go up to Hilkiah
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The phrase "Go up" is used because Yahweh's temple was higher in elevation than where King Josiah was located. AT: "Go to Hilkiah"
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# that has been brought into the house of Yahweh, which the temple guards have gathered from the people
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "that the temple guards who gathered the money from the people brought into the temple of Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# Let it be given into the hand of the workmen
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Here "hand" represents the workmen as a whole. This can be stated in active form. AT: "Tell Hilkiah to give the money to the workmen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) |