unfoldingWord_en_tn/2sa/17/15.md

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  • Hushai... Zadok... Abiathar... Ahithophel... Absalom - These are the name of men. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names) See how you translated Zadok and Abiathar in :en/bible/notes/2sa/15/24.
  • in such and such a way - This phrase refers to what Ahithophel advised Absalom, which has already been recorded in :en/bible/notes/2sa/17/01. So, the writer does not repeat that here. AT: (do not translate this phrase) (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_idiom)
  • the fords of the Arabah - A ford is a shallow part of a river where people can walk across. The Arabah is the land along both sides of the Jordan river.
  • by all means - AT: "it is very important to"
  • the king will be swallowed up - Swallowed up refers here to the king being killed. (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_euphemism)