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1.3 KiB
1.3 KiB
the eighteenth year
"the 18th year" or "year 18" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)
Josiah had cleansed the land and the temple
This speaks of Josiah causing Judah and Jerusalem to be acceptable to Yahweh as if he made them physically clean. AT: "Josiah had caused the land and the temple to become acceptable again to Yahweh" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah ... Joah son of Joahaz ... Hilkiah
These are the names of men. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
entrusted to him
"gave to him the responsibility of using the money"
that had been brought into the house of God, that the Levites, the guards of the doors, had gathered
This can be stated in active form. AT: "that the Levites who guarded the doors had brought into the house of God all that they had gathered" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)