# all Israel was coming

Here "Israel" represents all the men of Israel capable of fighting. Here "all Israel" is a generalization which means almost all the men of Israel. AT: "all the men of Israel were coming" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])

# It happened that

This phrase is used here to mark where the action starts. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.

# Jeroboam ... Nebat

These are the names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])