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# Cush and Egypt were her strength
"Ethiopia and Egypt strengthened her" or "Cush and Egypt were her allies"
# there was no end to it
The word "it" refers to the "strength" that Cush and Egypt gave to Thebes. That there was no end to it is a hyperbole that expresses the great amount of strength. Alternate translation: "their strength was very great" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])
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# Put and Libya
These are the names of places in northern Africa that were close to Thebes. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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