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 # It happened in the days when the judges ruled that
 
-"It happened that" was a common way of beginning to tell about something that happened. Alternate translation: "In the days when the judges ruled" or "In the days when the judges ruled, this is what happened."
+"In the days when the judges ruled" or "In the days when the judges ruled, this is what happened."
 
 # in the days when the judges ruled
 
-"during the time when judges led and governed Israel"
+"during the time when judges governed Israel"
 
 # in the land
 
-This refers to the land of Israel. Alternate translation: "in the land of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+This refers to the land of Israel. Alternate translation: "in the land of Israel"
 
 # a certain man
 
 "a man." This is a common way of introducing a character into a story.
-