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## Ebed Melech the Cushite ##
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This is the name of a man from Cush. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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## Now the king ##
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Here the word "Now" marks a break in the main storyline where the narrator tells background information about what the king was doing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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## sitting at the Benjamin Gate ##
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Zedekiah was probably hearing and judging legal cases. (see: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## Benjamin Gate ##
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This is an entrance into the city of Jerusalem that people named after Benjamin, Jacob's son.
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