## If I have found favor in your eyes ##

AT: "If I have pleased you" or "If you will treat us with kindness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## one of the cities in the country ##

"one of the outlying towns" or "one of the towns outside the city"

## for why should your servant live in the royal city with you? ##

AT: "I don't need to live in the city with you" or "I'm not important enough to live here with you in the royal city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## your servant ##

David is referring to himself.