# So the king prepared much food for them

The king ordered his servants to prepare the food. He did not prepare the food himself. Alternate translation: "Then the king ordered his servants to prepare a lot of food for them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# Those bands

"Those groups"

# did not return for a long time into the land of Israel

This means that they did not attack Israel for a long time. Alternate translation: "stopped attacking the land of Israel for a long time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])