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# It will happen
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This phrase is used to introduce what will happen when Elijah does what Yahweh has told him to do. "What will happen is"
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# whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael
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"Sword" is metonymy for for killing as in battle. AT: "whomever Hazael does not kill with the sword" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# I will leave for myself
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Here the words "I" and "myself" refer to Yahweh. AT: "I will save from death" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rpronouns]])
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# seven thousand people
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"7,000 people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# whose knees have not bent down to Baal, and whose mouths have not kissed him
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"Bending down" and "kissing" are metonymies for actions people did to worship idols. They are combined for emphasis. AT: "who have not bowed down and kissed Baal" or "who have not worshiped Baal" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])