| 12. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 17:12:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֧יvayehiand he was or and it happened 2 Chronicles 17:12:2 ⧉יְהוֹשָׁפָ֛טyehoshafatJehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 17:12:3 ⧉הֹלֵ֥ךְholekhgoing 2 Chronicles 17:12:4 ⧉וְגָדֵ֖לvegadeland growing 2 Chronicles 17:12:5 ⧉עַד־לְמָ֑עְלָהadlemalaup to upwardness or to a higher place 2 Chronicles 17:12:6 ⧉וַיִּ֧בֶןvayivbenand he built 2 Chronicles 17:12:7 ⧉בִּֽיהוּדָ֛הbiyehudain Judah 2 Chronicles 17:12:8 ⧉בִּירָנִיּ֖וֹתbiraniyotfortresses or fortified places 2 Chronicles 17:12:9 ⧉וְעָרֵ֥יveareand cities of 2 Chronicles 17:12:10 ⧉מִסְכְּנֽוֹת׃miskenotstorehouses or supplies |
| 12. Formal Translation And Jehoshaphat kept increasing, becoming greater and greater, and he built strongholds in Judah and cities for storehouses. |
| 12. Dynamic Translation Jehoshaphat steadily grew in strength, constructing strongholds in Judah and establishing store cities for provisions. |