| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 15:3:1 ⧉וַיֵּ֕לֶךְvayelekhand he walked 1 Kings 15:3:2 ⧉בְּכָל־חַטֹּ֥אותbekholkhatootin all sins of 1 Kings 15:3:3 ⧉אָבִ֖יוavivhis father 1 Kings 15:3:4 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣הasherasawhich he did 1 Kings 15:3:5 ⧉לְפָנָ֑יוlefanavbefore him 1 Kings 15:3:6 ⧉וְלֹא־הָיָ֨הvelohayaand not was 1 Kings 15:3:7 ⧉לְבָב֤וֹlevavohis heart 1 Kings 15:3:8 ⧉שָׁלֵם֙shalemwhole or complete 1 Kings 15:3:9 ⧉עִם־יְהוָ֣הimyahwehwith the LORD 1 Kings 15:3:10 ⧉אֱלֹהָ֔יוelohavhis God 1 Kings 15:3:11 ⧉כִּלְבַ֖בkilvavas the heart of 1 Kings 15:3:12 ⧉דָּוִ֥דdavidDavid 1 Kings 15:3:13 ⧉אָבִֽיו׃avivhis father |
| 3. Formal Translation He kept to all the sins his father had practiced before him, and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God {Yahweh Elohav, Standard of Devotion}, unlike the heart of David his father. |
| 3. Dynamic Translation He continued in the sinful patterns of his father who came before him, and his heart was not fully loyal to the LORD his God {Yahweh Elohav, Model of Loyalty}, as David his father’s heart was shalem. |