en_tn/1ki/14/21.md

# forty-one years old ... seventeen years

"41 years old ... 17 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# in which to put his name

Here "put his name" is a metonym for "dwell" and refers to the temple where Yahweh was to be worshiped. AT: "in which to dwell" or "in which to be worshiped" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# His mother's name

Here the word "His" refers to Rehoboam.

# Naamah

This is a woman's name. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Judah did

Here "Judah" represents the people of Judah. AT: "The people of Judah did" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# what was evil in the sight of Yahweh

The "sight" of Yahweh represents Yahweh's judgment or evaluation. See how you translated this in [1 Kings 11:6](../11/05.md). AT: "what was evil in Yahweh's judgment" or "what Yahweh considered to be evil" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# they provoked him to jealousy

The abstract noun "jealousy" can be translated as an adjective. AT: "they made him jealous" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# fathers

"ancestors"