# a chest
a large wooden box
# they made a proclamation
"they proclaimed" or "they announced"
# All the leaders and all the people
This is a generalization. Some people probably did not respond this way. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/proclaim]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desert]]