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# It happened that
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This phrase is used here to mark an important event in the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
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# when all Israel heard
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"All Israel" here is a generalization that means the capable men of Israel who represent the rest of the people by a synecdoche. AT: "when all the leaders of Israel heard" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# king over all Israel
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"Israel" implicitly means the northern ten tribes that rebelled against Rehoboam. AT: "king over all of the 10 tribes of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# the family of David
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"David's descendants"
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