## Please do not hide from me anything that I will ask you ##

Here the two negatives "do not" and "hide" are used together to imply a positive response. AT: Please tell me the truth when I ask you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])

## Is not the hand of Joab ##

Here "hand of Joab" refers to for Joab's words or council. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## no one can escape to the right hand or to the left from anything that my master the king has spoken ##

The expression "to the right hand or to the left" means "everything." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]]) AT: "you are exactly right"