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Their priests fell by the sword
Here the word "sword" represents soldiers who fought with swords. The phrase "fell by the sword" is an idiom that means to die in battle. AT: "Their priests died in battle" or "Enemies killed their priests with swords" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
their widows could not weep
Possible meanings are 1) someone forced the widows not to weep or 2) so many priests died that there was no time for proper funerals.
widows
women whose husbands have died