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# went out into the countryside against Israel
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This means that they went out and fought against them in battle. AT: "went out into the countryside and fought against Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# against Israel
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Here "Israel" refers to their soldiers, not all of the Israelites. AT: "against the Israelite soldiers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# The army of Israel was defeated there before the soldiers of David
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "There the soldiers of David defeated the army of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# a great slaughter
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an event where many people are brutally killed
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# twenty thousand men
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"20,000 men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# more men were consumed by the forest than by the sword
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Here "the forest" is described as if it were alive and could act. "The sword" refers to David's soldiers who fought with swords. AT: "dangerous things in the forest killed more men than David's soldiers killed with their swords" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ephraim]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/consume]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]] |