# 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]]