# King Mesha

Translate the name of this king the same as you did in [2 Kings 3:4](../03/04.md).

# that the battle was lost

"that his army was being defeated"

# seven hundred swordsmen

"700 swordsmen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])

# swordsmen

soldiers who fight with swords

# break through

"force their way through." There were many soldiers fighting on the battlefield which made it difficult to move though the crowd.