## fortified city ##

"stronghold" or "castle"

## five hundred men ##

"500 men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

## ten sons ##

"10 sons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

## What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? ##

AT: "What they must have done in the rest of the king's provinces!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]]

## petition ##

"request"