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# Elisha answered
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Elisha was replying to the king of Israel's question.
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# Would you kill those whom you had taken captive with your sword and bow?
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Elisha uses this rhetorical question to rebuke the king and tell him not to kill these men. The words "sword and bow" are a metonym for war in which soldiers use swords and bows and arrows. This can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "You would not kill men whom you had captured in war, so you should not kill these men." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# Put bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink
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Here "bread" refers to food in general. Alternate translation: "Give them food to eat and water to drink" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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# go to their master
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This refers to the king of Aram.
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