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# Now
This word is used here to mark a stop in the main story. Here the author tells background information about the Moabite army preparing to meet the three kings and their armies in battle. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
# everyone who was old enough to gird on armor
Here "armor" represents ability to fight. Alternate translation: "all the men who were able to fight" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
# the kings had come
Here the word "kings" refers to both the kings and their armies. Alternate translation: "the kings had come with their armies" or "the kings and their armies had come" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])