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made himself horns of iron

"made iron horns for himself"

With these you will push the Arameans until they are consumed

The prophet's actions are a symbolic metaphor that illustrates the way that Ahab would defeat the Arameans. Ahab's army will win with great strength, as a bull attacks another animal. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

until they are consumed

Destroying an enemy army is spoken of as if it were consuming them. This can be stated in active form. AT: "until you consume them" or "until you destroy them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

given it into the hand of the king

Here the word "hand" refers to power. AT: "allowed the king to capture it" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

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