en_tn/1sa/06/18.md

# mice

Translated this as in [1 Samuel 6:4](./03.md).

# fortified cities

These are cities with high walls around them to protect the people inside from attack by their enemies.

# The great stone ... remains a witness

The stone is referred to as if it is a person who can see. Alternate translation: "The great stone ... is still there, and people remember what happened on it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

# Joshua

man's name (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# the Bethshemite

This is what a person from Beth Shemesh is called. Alternate translation: "from Beth Shemesh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# to this day

to the time at which the writer wrote the book