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# He built watchtowers ... and dug many cisterns
Uzziah commanded his workers, and they did these things. Alternate translation: "He had his workers build watchtowers ... and dig many cisterns" or "They built watchtowers ... and dug many cisterns" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# he had many ... He had farmers ... he loved
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The word "he" refers to Uzziah.
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# the soil
This phrase is a metonym for the activity of farming the soil. Alternate translation: "farming" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])