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@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ This is a very strong vow. Alternate translation: "With God as my witness" or "G
 
 # if you had not said that ... pursued their brothers until the morning
 
-This contrafactual statement tells what would have happened if Abner had not spoken wisely to Joab. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
+Joab used this contrafactual conditional to tell what would have happened if Abner had not spoken wisely to him. But because Abner said what he said, Joab would tell his soldiers to stop chasing their brothers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])