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# they chose new gods

The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "the people of Israel worshiped new gods" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# there was fighting at the city gates

Here "gates" represents the entire city. The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "enemies attacked the people within the Israelite cities" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# there were no shields or spears seen among forty thousand in Israel

This statement is probably an exaggeration about how few weapons the Israelites had. Alternate translation: "few weapons for battle remained in Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])

# forty thousand in Israel

"40,000 in Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# they chose new gods`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "the people of Israel worshiped new gods" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# there was fighting at the city gates`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Here "gates" represents the entire city. The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "enemies attacked the people within the Israelite cities" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# there were no shields or spears seen among forty thousand in Israel`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`This statement is probably an exaggeration about how few weapons the Israelites had. Alternate translation: "few weapons for battle remained in Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# forty thousand in Israel`

			`"40,000 in Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])`