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# Connecting Statement:
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The writer gives background information before he continues with the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# Now David had said, "Surely ... for good.
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The reader needs to understand that David had said these things before he said, "Every man strap on his sword" in [1 Samuel 25:13](../25/13.md).
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# Now David
The word "Now" shows that the writer has stopped writing about Abigail and started writing about David.
# nothing was missed of all that belonged to him
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This can be stated positively and in active form. Alternate translation: "he still has everything that was his" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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