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27 lines
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# they had gone
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"Joab and the commanders had gone"
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# nine months and twenty days
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"9 months and 20 days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# Then Joab reported the total of the count of the fighting men to the king
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"Then Joab told the king the total number of men ready for battle"
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# in Israel
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This refers to the northern tribes of Israel.
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# 800,000 ... 500,000
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"eight hundred thousand ... five hundred thousand" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# who drew the sword
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This metonym refers to the men who were ready to fight in the army. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# of Judah
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This refers to the southern tribe of Judah. |