| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 18:2:1 ⧉וַיֵּרֶד֩vayeredand he went down 2 Chronicles 18:2:2 ⧉לְקֵ֨ץleketsat the end of 2 Chronicles 18:2:3 ⧉שָׁנִ֤יםshanimyears 2 Chronicles 18:2:4 ⧉אֶל־אַחְאָב֙elakhavto Ahab 2 Chronicles 18:2:5 ⧉לְשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןleshomreronto Samaria 2 Chronicles 18:2:6 ⧉וַיִּֽזְבַּֽח־ל֨וֹvayizbakhloand he sacrificed for him 2 Chronicles 18:2:7 ⧉אַחְאָ֜בakhavAhab 2 Chronicles 18:2:8 ⧉צֹ֤אןtsonsmall cattle or sheep 2 Chronicles 18:2:9 ⧉וּבָקָר֙uvakarand cattle 2 Chronicles 18:2:10 ⧉לָרֹ֔בlarovin abundance 2 Chronicles 18:2:11 ⧉וְלָעָ֖םvelaamand for the people 2 Chronicles 18:2:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwho or which 2 Chronicles 18:2:13 ⧉עִמּ֑וֹimowith him 2 Chronicles 18:2:14 ⧉וַיְסִיתֵ֕הוּvayesitehuand he incited him 2 Chronicles 18:2:15 ⧉לַעֲל֖וֹתlaalotto go up 2 Chronicles 18:2:16 ⧉אֶל־רָמ֥וֹתelramotto Ramoth 2 Chronicles 18:2:17 ⧉גִּלְעָֽד׃giladGilead |
| 2. Formal Translation After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria, and Ahab slaughtered sheep and cattle in abundance for him and the people with him; then he induced him to go up to Ramoth Gilead. |
| 2. Dynamic Translation Some years later Jehoshaphat went down to Samaria to visit Ahab, and Ahab slaughtered sheep and cattle for him and his entourage, and he urged him to go up to Ramoth Gilead. |