unfoldingWord_en_tn/2sa/21/01.md

# sought the face of Yahweh

Here "face" is a synecdoche for Yahweh's presence. This means David prayed to Yahweh for an answer about the famine. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# because of Saul and his murderous family

Saul had killed many Gibeonites, and Saul's descendants are guilty because of this sin.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/famine]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/david]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeyear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/face]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/saul]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gibeon]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/death]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# sought the face of Yahweh`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "face" is a synecdoche for Yahweh's presence. This means David prayed to Yahweh for an answer about the famine. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# because of Saul and his murderous family`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`Saul had killed many Gibeonites, and Saul's descendants are guilty because of this sin.`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/famine]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/david]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeyear]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/face]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/saul]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gibeon]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/death]]`