# in the sight of Yahweh

The sight of Yahweh represents his judgment or evaluation. AT: "as Yahweh judged" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# the house of Ahab was doing

The word "house" is a metonym for the family that lives in the house. In this case it refers to the descendants of Ahab. See how you translated this in [2 Chronicles 21:6](../21/06.md). AT: "the descendants of Ahab were doing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# they were his advisors

"descendants of Ahab advised him"

# to his destruction

"and this caused his destruction"

# He also followed their advice; he went

"He also followed their advice and went" or "He also followed their advice to go"

# to fight against Hazael, king of Aram

The reader should understand that Hazael did not fight alone, but that he took his army with him. AT: "to fight against Hazael, king of Aram, and his army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# Hazael

This is a man's name. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joram]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/aram]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ramoth]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gilead]]