en_tn/1ki/15/27.md

# conspired against Nadab

"secretly plotted to kill King Nadab"

# Gibbethon

This is the name of a city. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Nadab and all Israel

"The phrase "all Israel" is a generalization that represents the many soldiers of Israel. AT: "Nadab and the many soldiers of Israel" or "Nadab and the army of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])

# were laying siege to Gibbethon

"were surrounding Gibbethon, so that the people of Gibbethon would surrender to them"

# became king in his place

The phrase "in his place" is a metaphor meaning "instead of him." AT: "became king instead of Nadab" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/baasha]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ahijah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/issachar]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/philistines]]