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# If I have found favor in your eyes
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Here the eyes represent seeing, and seeing represents thoughts or judgment. See how you translated this in [1 Samuel 20:3](../20/03.md). AT: "If I have pleased you" or "If you consider me favorably" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# let them give me a place
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Since Achish was the one who would "give," this is a metonym for "please give me a place." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# one of the cities in the country
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"one of the outlying towns" or "one of the towns outside the city"
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# Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?
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This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "I do not need to live in the city with you." or "I am not important enough to live here with you in the royal city." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# your servant
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David speaks as if he were another person to show that he respected Achish. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns]])
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# Ziklag
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This is the name of a city in the southwest part of Judah. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/favor]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/royal]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/judah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeday]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeyear]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimemonth]] |