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# Then behold
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The word "behold" alerts us to the sudden appearance of a new person in the story. Your language may have a way of doing this.
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# Have you seen this great army?
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Yahweh asks this question to emphasize the size and strength of Ben Hadad's army. AT: "Look at this great army." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Look, I will place it into your hand today
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The word "Look" here alerts us to pay attention to the surprising information that follows.
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# place it into your hand
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Here the word "hand" refers to power. AT: "give you victory over that army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# By whom?
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Ahab leaves out the words 'will you do this' AT: "By whom will you do this?" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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# Ahab mustered the young officers
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"Ahab assembled the young officers"
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# 232
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"two hundred and thirty-two" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# all the soldiers, all the army of Israel
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These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# seven thousand
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"7,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serve]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/governor]] |