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# Asa slept with his ancestors, dying in
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The phrase "slept with his ancestors" is a euphemism for dying. AT: "Asa died during" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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# the forty-first year
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"the 41st year" or "year 41" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# which he had dug out for himself
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Asa would have had his workers prepare his tomb for him. AT: "which his workers had dug out for him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# bier
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A bier is a table on which a dead body is placed at a funeral.
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# sweet odors and various kinds of spices prepared by skilled perfumers
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Putting plants that smell good with the dead body was one of the burial customs of the people of Israel. AT: "sweet smelling plants prepared by people skilled in this custom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# prepared by skilled perfumers
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "that skilled perfumers had prepared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) |