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# talent
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A talent is a unit of weight equal to about 33 kilograms. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney]])
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# The crown was set on David's head
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This can be stated in active form. Possible meanings are 1) David put the crown on his own head or 2) David's men placed the crown on his head. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# he brought out ... He brought out
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These two occurrences of "he" refer to David, but they also refer to David's soldiers who helped David do these things. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# plunder
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valuable items taken in war
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# forced them to work with saws and iron picks and axes
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These terms describe difficult manual labor that the defeated people were forced to do.
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# David required all the cities of the people
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The people are referred to by their city. AT: "David required all the peoples of the cities" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) |