en_tn_condensed/1ki/15/20.md

# It came about that

This phrase is used here to mark an important event in the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.

# he stopped building up Ramah

King Baasha did this by telling his workers to do this. AT: "he had his workers stop building up Ramah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# Tirzah

This is the name of a city. See how you translated it in [1 Kings 14:17](../14/17.md).

# No one was exempted

This can also be stated positively. AT: "Every one had to obey King Asa's proclamation"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/commander]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/dan]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/naphtali]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/proclaim]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/benjamin]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mizpah]]