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 # Absalom happened to meet some of David's servants
 
-This is an event that happened during the battle. This can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: "During the battle, Absalom happened to meet some of David's servants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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-# David's servants
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-"David's soldiers." These men served David as soldiers. See how you translated this phrase in [2 Samuel 3:22](../03/22.md).
+"During the battle, Absalom happened to meet some of David's servants"
 
 # his head was caught up in the tree branches
 
-Absalom had long hair that got caught in the tree branches. Alternate translation: "his hair was caught in the tree branches" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"his hair was caught in the tree branches"
 
 # dangling