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 # So David sent
 
-Here the word "sent" means that David sent a messenger. Alternate translation: "So David sent a messenger" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
+"So David sent a messenger"
 
 # he asked people who would know about the woman
 
-David was trying to find out who the woman was. The word "he" refers to David, but is a metonym for the messenger that David sent. The messenger was to ask the people for information about her. Alternate translation: "the messenger asked the people who knew her about who she was" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+"the messenger asked the people who knew her about who she was"
 
 # Is not this Bathsheba ... and is she not the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
 
-This question gives information and can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "This is Bathsheba ... and she is the wife of Uriah the Hittite." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
+"This is Bathsheba ... and she is the wife of Uriah the Hittite."