# against the house of David

Here "the house of David" represents the kings who were descendants of David. Alternate translation: "against the kings descended from David" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# to this day

This refers to the general time when the author wrote this book. See how you translated this in [2 Chronicles 5:9](../05/09.md). Alternate translation: "even now"

