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# It happened
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This phrase is used here to mark where the action starts. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
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# in the fifth year of King Rehoboam
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This refers to the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign as king. AT: "in the fifth year that Rehoboam was king" or "in year five of King Rehoboam's reign" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem
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"Shishak, king of Egypt" here is a metonym for Shishak along with the Egyptian army. AT: "Shishak, king of Egypt, and his army with him, came up against Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Shishak
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This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# came up against
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This is an idiom that means marched against or attacked. AT: "came to attack" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen
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"1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# Soldiers without number
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This exaggeration means that there were more soldiers than a person could easily count. AT: "Many soldiers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites
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These are people from Libya, Sukki, and Ethiopia. The location of Sukki is uncertain, but it may be a region in Libya. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faithful]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chariot]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/horsemen]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ethiopia]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/kingdomofjudah]] |