diff --git a/1ki/11/24.md b/1ki/11/24.md
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 These are names of locations. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
 
-# when David slew
+# when David killed
 
-Here "David" refers to David and his army. Alternate translation: "when David's army slew" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
+Here "David" refers to David and his army. Alternate translation: "when David's army killed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
 
diff --git a/mat/02/16.md b/mat/02/16.md
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@@ -10,13 +10,9 @@ Here the scene shifts back to Herod and tells what he did when he learned that t
 
 This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "the learned men had embarrassed him by tricking him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 
-# He sent and slew all the male children
+# He sent and killed all the male children
 
-Herod did not slay the children himself. Alternate translation: "He gave orders for his soldiers to slay all the boys" or "He sent soldiers there to slay all the boy babies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
-
-# slew
-
-This word is the past tense of "slay."
+Herod did not kill the children himself. Alternate translation: "He gave orders for his soldiers to kill all the boys" or "He sent soldiers there to kill all the boy babies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
 
 # two years old and under