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 # they chose new gods
 
-The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "the people of Israel worshiped new gods" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+"the people of Israel worshiped new gods"
 
 # there was fighting at the city gates
 
-Here "gates" represents the entire city. The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "enemies attacked the people within the Israelite cities" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+"enemies attacked the people within the Israelite cities" 
 
 # there were no shields or spears seen among forty thousand in Israel
 
-This statement is probably an exaggeration about how few weapons the Israelites had. Alternate translation: "few weapons for battle remained in Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])
+"few weapons for battle remained in Israel"
 
-# forty thousand in Israel
 
-"40,000 in Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])