# he brought out ... He brought out

These two occurrences of "he" refer to David, but they also refer to David's soldiers who helped David do these things. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# forced them to work with saws and iron picks and axes

These terms describe difficult manual labor that the defeated people were forced to do.

# David required all the cities of the people

The people are referred to by their city. Alternate translation: "David required all the peoples of the cities" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])