diff --git a/1ch/13/02.md b/1ch/13/02.md
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This refers to all of the Israelites who were assembled in this place. Alternate
 
 This idiom means that this action is something that Yahweh approves. Alternate translation: "if this is something that Yahweh our God approves" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
 
-# Let them be told to join us
+# Let them be told to come together with us
 
 This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Let messengers tell them to join us" or "Let them join us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 
diff --git a/1ch/14/17.md b/1ch/14/17.md
index 05cb18f258..bbfb8085e1 100644
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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# David's fame went out into all lands
+# David's name went out into all lands
+
+The word "name" here is a metonym for David's reputation. His name is spoken of as if it were a person who could move. The word "lands" is a metonym for the people living in those lands. Alternate translation: "People in all the lands nearby knew who David was" or "People in all the lands nearby knew that David was a mighty warrior" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
 
-People in every land hearing of David's reputation is spoken of as if David's fame traveled to those lands. Alternate translation: "People far away heard about David's fame" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
 
diff --git a/1ch/17/06.md b/1ch/17/06.md
index 394642e98e..e0fbd3e1cb 100644
--- a/1ch/17/06.md
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@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# did I ever say anything to any of Israel's leaders whom I appointed to shepherd my people, saying, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"
+# did I ever say anything to any of Israel's judges, whom I appointed to shepherd my people, saying, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"
 
-This has a quotation within a quotation. The direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "did I ever ask any of Israel's leaders, whom I appointed to shepherd my people, why they had not built me a house of cedar?" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])
+This has a quotation within a quotation. The direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "did I ever ask any of Israel's judges, whom I appointed to shepherd my people, why they had not built me a house of cedar?" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])
 
-# did I ever say anything to any of Israel's leaders
+# did I ever say anything to any of Israel's judges
 
-Yahweh uses a question to emphasize that he never asked any of Israel's leaders to build him a house. Alternate translation: "I never said anything to any of Israel's leaders" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
+Yahweh uses a question to emphasize that he never asked any of Israel's judges to build him a house. Alternate translation: "I never said anything to any of Israel's judges" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
 
 # whom I appointed to shepherd my people