| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 17:2:1 ⧉וַיִּ֨תֶּן־חַ֔יִלvayittenkhayiland he put or placed strength or forces 2 Chronicles 17:2:2 ⧉בְּכָל־עָרֵ֥יbekholarein all the cities of 2 Chronicles 17:2:3 ⧉יְהוּדָ֖הyehudaJudah 2 Chronicles 17:2:4 ⧉הַבְּצֻר֑וֹתhabetsurotthe fortified {ones} or the fortified {cities} 2 Chronicles 17:2:5 ⧉וַיִּתֵּ֤ןvayittenand he put or set 2 Chronicles 17:2:6 ⧉נְצִיבִים֙netsivimgarrisons or officers 2 Chronicles 17:2:7 ⧉בְּאֶ֣רֶץbeeretsin the land of 2 Chronicles 17:2:8 ⧉יְהוּדָ֔הyehudaJudah 2 Chronicles 17:2:9 ⧉וּבְעָרֵ֣יuveareand in the cities of 2 Chronicles 17:2:10 ⧉אֶפְרַ֔יִםeferayimEphraim 2 Chronicles 17:2:11 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhich or that 2 Chronicles 17:2:12 ⧉לָכַ֖דlakhadhe captured 2 Chronicles 17:2:13 ⧉אָסָ֥אasaAsa 2 Chronicles 17:2:14 ⧉אָבִֽיו׃avivhis father |
| 2. Formal Translation And he stationed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and he placed garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured. |
| 2. Dynamic Translation He assigned troops to every fortified city in Judah and put officers in Judah’s territory and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had taken. |