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-# It came about
-
-This phrase is used here to mark the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
-
-# at the time when kings normally go to war
-
-This is background information from the author. It was harder to fight wars in the cold winter, so kings normally waited for spring to attack their enemies. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
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 # kings normally go to war ... Joab led the army into battle
 
-Here "kings" is a metonym that means the kings sent their armies into battle. Joab was the commander of David's army. Alternate translation: "kings normally send their armies to war ... Joab led David's army into battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"kings normally send their armies to war ... Joab led David's army into battle" 
 
 # devastated the land
 
@@ -16,5 +8,5 @@ Here "kings" is a metonym that means the kings sent their armies into battle. Jo
 
 # He went and besieged Rabbah
 
-"He" refers to the soldiers as well as Joab. Alternate translation: "Joab and his soldiers surrounded Rabbah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"Joab and his soldiers surrounded Rabbah"