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# sought the face of Yahweh
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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]])
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# because of Saul and his murderous family
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Saul had killed many Gibeonites, and Saul's descendants are guilty because of this sin.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/famine]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeyear]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/face]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/saul]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gibeon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]