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# For Egypt
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This phrase indicates this message is intended for the nation of Egypt.
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# Necho
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This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Carchemish
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This is the name of a city on the west bank of the Euphrates. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
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Here Nebuchadnezzar represents his army. Alternate translation: "that the army of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# in the fourth year of Jehoiakim
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This refers to the fourth year of Jehoiakim's reign. This can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: "in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# the fourth year
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The word "fourth" is the ordinal form of "four." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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