en_tn_condensed/2sa/01/02.md

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# On the third day
"After three days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
# with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head
In this culture, tearing one's own clothes and putting dirt on one's head was an act of mourning. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
# he lay facedown on the ground and prostrated himself
This was an act of showing submission to David, who was now the king of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])