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# General Information:
The event described here may have taken place after the godly people in Israel repented of their sins.
# a book of remembrance was written before him about those who feared Yahweh
This can mean 1) the Israelites wrote a book so they would remember what they had promised and listed the names of people who feared Yahweh or 2) Yahweh caused someone in heaven to write a book with the names of people who feared him.
# book of remembrance
This expression refers to any book that helps people remember important things, such as events or people who lived in the past. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
# honored his name
Here "his name" stands for God himself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])