en_tn/1ki/20/13.md

# Then behold

The word "behold" alerts us to the sudden appearance of a new person in the story. Your language may have a way of doing this.

# Have you seen this great army?

Yahweh asks this question to emphasize the size and strength of Ben Hadad's army. AT: "Look at this great army." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# Look, I will place it into your hand today

The word "Look" here alerts us to pay attention to the surprising information that follows.

# place it into your hand

Here the word "hand" refers to power. AT: "give you victory over that army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# By whom?

Ahab leaves out the words 'will you do this' AT: "By whom will you do this?" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# Ahab mustered the young officers

"Ahab assembled the young officers"

# 232

"two hundred and thirty-two" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# all the soldiers, all the army of Israel

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# seven thousand

"7,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])