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@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ This is a very strong vow. Alternate translation: "With God as my witness" or "G
 
 # if you had not said that ... pursued their brothers until the morning
 
-Joab used this contrafactual conditional to tell what would have happened if Abner had not spoken wisely to him. But because Abner said what he said, Joab would tell his soldiers to stop chasing their brothers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
+Joab spoke about what did not happen to show how good it was that Abner said what he said. Because Abner said what he said, Joab would tell his soldiers to stop chasing their brothers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])