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# sent to Zadok and to Abiathar
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This means that David sent a messenger to Zadok and Abiathar. AT: "sent a messenger to Zadok and to Abiathar" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Why are you the last to bring the king back ... to bring him back to his palace?
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This rhetorical question is asked to rebuke the elders in Judah. This can be written as a statement. AT: "You should have been the first to favor the king and bring him back to the palace, not the people of the nation of Israel." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# since the talk of all Israel favors the king, to bring
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The noun "talk" can be expressed with the verb "talk" or "speak." AT: "since all Israel speaks favorably about the king and desires to bring" or "since what the people of Israel are saying is in the king's favor, to bring" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# to bring the king back to his palace
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Here restoring the king's authority to rule is spoken of as bringing him back to his palace. AT: "to restore the king's authority as king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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