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## they had gone ##
"Joab and the commanders had gone"
## nine months and twenty days ##
"9 months and 20 days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltime]])
## Then Joab reported the total of the count of the fighting men to the king ##
"Then Joab told the king the total number of men ready for battle"
## in Israel ##
This refers to the the northern tribes of Israel.
## eight hundred thousand...five hundred thousand ##
"800,000...500,000"
## who drew the sword ##
AT: "who were ready to fight in the army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
## of Judah ##
This refers to the southern tribe of Judah.