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# took her
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David actually sent messengers, and they took her and brought her to him. Alternate translation: "they brought her to him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# she came to him
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She came into his palace and into his bedroom. Alternate translation: "she came into the place where he was" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# he lay with her
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This is a polite way of saying that he had sexual relations with her. You may need to use a different euphemism in your language. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])
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# uncleanness
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The Israelites considered a woman unclean when she was bleeding from her womb, and she needed to wash herself after the bleeding stopped. The bath she was taking in [1 Samuel 11:2](../11/02.md) may have been this ritual bath.
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