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OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_said to_them the_king that_which it_will_be_good in_eyes_of_your(pl) I_will_do and_he_stood the_king to the_side_of the_gate and_all the_people they_went_out to_hundreds and_to_thousands.
OET (OET-RV) “I’ll do whatever seems best to you,” the king responded. So the king stayed beside the city gate while the men went out by their hundreds and thousands.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אֲשֶׁר־יִיטַ֥ב בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם אֶעֱשֶׂ֑ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them the=king which/who best in,eyes_of,your(pl) do and,he_stood the=king to/towards side_of of,the_gate and=all the,people they_came_out to,hundreds and,to,thousands )
See how you translated the similar expression in [3:19](../03/19.md). Alternate translation: [I will do as you see fit] or [I will do what you think is best]
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ אֶל־יַ֣ד הַשַּׁ֔עַר וְכָל־הָעָם֙ יָֽצְא֔וּ לְמֵא֖וֹת וְלַאֲלָפִֽים
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them the=king which/who best in,eyes_of,your(pl) do and,he_stood the=king to/towards side_of of,the_gate and=all the,people they_came_out to,hundreds and,to,thousands )
Standing beside the gate was a symbolic action by which the king showed his support for the troops and his authority in sending them to battle. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text of your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [And the king took his place beside the gate to review the troops as they marched out in their military units]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אֶל־יַ֣ד הַשַּׁ֔עַר
to/towards side_of (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them the=king which/who best in,eyes_of,your(pl) do and,he_stood the=king to/towards side_of of,the_gate and=all the,people they_came_out to,hundreds and,to,thousands )
See how you translated the similar expression in [15:2](../15/02.md). Alternate translation: [next to the gate]
OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_said to_them the_king that_which it_will_be_good in_eyes_of_your(pl) I_will_do and_he_stood the_king to the_side_of the_gate and_all the_people they_went_out to_hundreds and_to_thousands.
OET (OET-RV) “I’ll do whatever seems best to you,” the king responded. So the king stayed beside the city gate while the men went out by their hundreds and thousands.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.