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## Then behold ##
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The word “behold” alerts us to the sudden appearance of a new person in the story. Your language may have a way of doing this.
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## Have you seen this great army? ##
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Yahweh asks this question to emphasize the size and strength of Benhadad's army. AT: "Look at this great army." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## Look, I will place it into your hand today ##
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The word “Look” here alerts us to pay attention to the surprising information that follows.
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## place it into your hand ##
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Here the word "hand" refers to power. AT: "give you victory over that army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## By whom? ##
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AT: "By whom will you do this?"
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## Ahab mustered the young officers ##
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"Ahab assembled the young officers"
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## 232 ##
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AT: "two hundred and thirty-two" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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## all the soldiers, all the army of Israel ##
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These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## seven thousand ##
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AT: "7,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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