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# It will be as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel on a day of battle
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The coming war is being compared to a battle long ago.
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# Shalman
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This is the name of a king who destroyed the city of Beth Arbel around 740 BC. His army murdered women and children in the attack. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Beth Arbel
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This is likely the name of a city of the tribe of Naphtali. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# So it will happen to you, Bethel, because of your great wickedness
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Here "Bethel" represents the people who live there. The prophet addresses the people of Bethel as if they were there listening to him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]]) |