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# the King's Valley

This is the name of a place. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# to carry along the memory of my name

Absalom uses the phrase "my name" to refer to himself and his family line. AT: "to carry on my family name, by which people would remember me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# so it is called Absalom's Monument to this very day

This can be stated in active form. AT: "so people called it Absalom's Monument from that day on" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# to this very day

This refers to the present time when this book of the Bible was written.
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the King's Valley`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is the name of a place. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`

			`# to carry along the memory of my name`

			`Absalom uses the phrase "my name" to refer to himself and his family line. AT: "to carry on my family name, by which people would remember me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# so it is called Absalom's Monument to this very day`

			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "so people called it Absalom's Monument from that day on" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`

			`# to this very day`

			`This refers to the present time when this book of the Bible was written.`