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this promise that our twelve tribes hope to receive
This speaks about a promise being fulfilled as if it were an object that is received. Alternate translation: "the promise that our twelve tribes confidently wait for God to fulfill" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
our twelve tribes
The phrase "our twelve tribes" stands for the people in those tribes. Alternate translation: "our fellow Jews in the twelve tribes" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
worship God earnestly night and day
The extremes "night" and "day" are used together to mean consistently mean Alternate translation: "continually worship God earnestly" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism)
king
Paul is addressing King Agrippa by his title, not by his name. Your language may require that you add another word or part of a word, as in older English "O King," or that you add the king's name, as in "King Agrippa," or that you use another expression such as "Your Majesty."
that the Jews
This does not mean all the Jews. Alternate translation: "that the leaders of the Jews" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche)