| 6. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 16:6:1 ⧉וְאָסָ֣אveasaand Asa 2 Chronicles 16:6:2 ⧉הַמֶּ֗לֶךְhamelekhthe king 2 Chronicles 16:6:3 ⧉לָקַח֙lakakhtook 2 Chronicles 16:6:4 ⧉אֶת־כָּל־יְהוּדָ֔הetkolyehudaall Judah 2 Chronicles 16:6:5 ⧉וַיִּשְׂא֞וּvayiseuand they carried away 2 Chronicles 16:6:6 ⧉אֶת־אַבְנֵ֤יetavneithe stones of 2 Chronicles 16:6:7 ⧉הָֽרָמָה֙haramaRamah 2 Chronicles 16:6:8 ⧉וְאֶת־עֵצֶ֔יהָveetetsehaand its timbers 2 Chronicles 16:6:9 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhich 2 Chronicles 16:6:10 ⧉בָּנָ֖הbanahe built or had built 2 Chronicles 16:6:11 ⧉בַּעְשָׁ֑אbashaBaasha 2 Chronicles 16:6:12 ⧉וַיִּ֣בֶןvayivenand he built 2 Chronicles 16:6:13 ⧉בָּהֶ֔םbahemwith them 2 Chronicles 16:6:14 ⧉אֶת־גֶּ֖בַעetgevaGeba 2 Chronicles 16:6:15 ⧉וְאֶת־הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃סveethamitspaand Mizpah |
| 6. Formal Translation Then King Asa mustered all Judah, and they carried off the stones of Ramah and its timbers that Baasha had used for building; with them he built Geba and Mizpah. |
| 6. Dynamic Translation King Asa gathered everyone from Judah, and they removed the stones and wood from Ramah—the ones Baasha had used for building—and with those materials he built up Geba and Mizpah. |