OET interlinear 1 CHR 20:1

uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) It came about

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was to,the_time_of return_of of,the_year to,the_time_of go_out (the),kings and,he_lead_out Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) DOM troops_of of_(the),war and,he_destroyed DOM earth/land sons_of ˊAmmōn and,he_went and=he/it_laid_siege DOM enough/great(fs) and,David was_sitting in,Jerusalem and,he_attacked Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) DOM enough/great(fs) and,he,tore_it_down )

This phrase is used here to mark the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.

Note 1 topic: writing-background

(Occurrence 0) at the time when kings normally go to war

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was to,the_time_of return_of of,the_year to,the_time_of go_out (the),kings and,he_lead_out Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) DOM troops_of of_(the),war and,he_destroyed DOM earth/land sons_of ˊAmmōn and,he_went and=he/it_laid_siege DOM enough/great(fs) and,David was_sitting in,Jerusalem and,he_attacked Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) DOM enough/great(fs) and,he,tore_it_down )

This is background information from the author. It was harder to fight wars in the cold winter, so kings normally waited for spring to attack their enemies.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) kings normally go to war … Joab led the army into battle

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was to,the_time_of return_of of,the_year to,the_time_of go_out (the),kings and,he_lead_out Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) DOM troops_of of_(the),war and,he_destroyed DOM earth/land sons_of ˊAmmōn and,he_went and=he/it_laid_siege DOM enough/great(fs) and,David was_sitting in,Jerusalem and,he_attacked Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) DOM enough/great(fs) and,he,tore_it_down )

Here “kings” is a metonym that means the kings sent their armies into battle. Joab was the commander of David’s army. Alternate translation: [kings normally send their armies to war … Joab led David’s army into battle]

(Occurrence 0) devastated the land

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was to,the_time_of return_of of,the_year to,the_time_of go_out (the),kings and,he_lead_out Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) DOM troops_of of_(the),war and,he_destroyed DOM earth/land sons_of ˊAmmōn and,he_went and=he/it_laid_siege DOM enough/great(fs) and,David was_sitting in,Jerusalem and,he_attacked Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) DOM enough/great(fs) and,he,tore_it_down )

“destroyed the land.” This refers to when an army will ruin the land where their enemies grow food.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) He went and besieged Rabbah

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was to,the_time_of return_of of,the_year to,the_time_of go_out (the),kings and,he_lead_out Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) DOM troops_of of_(the),war and,he_destroyed DOM earth/land sons_of ˊAmmōn and,he_went and=he/it_laid_siege DOM enough/great(fs) and,David was_sitting in,Jerusalem and,he_attacked Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) DOM enough/great(fs) and,he,tore_it_down )

“He” refers to the soldiers as well as Joab. Alternate translation: [Joab and his soldiers surrounded Rabbah]