| 4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 19:4:1 ⧉וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvayeshevand he lived or sat 2 Chronicles 19:4:2 ⧉יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טyehoshafatJehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 19:4:3 ⧉בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִםbirushalaimin Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 19:4:4 ⧉וַיָּ֜שָׁבvayashavand he returned 2 Chronicles 19:4:5 ⧉וַיֵּצֵ֣אvayetsiand he went out 2 Chronicles 19:4:6 ⧉בָעָ֗םvaamamong the people 2 Chronicles 19:4:7 ⧉מִבְּאֵ֥רmibbeerfrom Beer 2 Chronicles 19:4:8 ⧉שֶׁ֙בַע֙shevaseven 2 Chronicles 19:4:9 ⧉עַד־הַ֣רadhahras far as the hill or mountain of 2 Chronicles 19:4:10 ⧉אֶפְרַ֔יִםefrayimEphraim 2 Chronicles 19:4:11 ⧉וַיְשִׁיבֵ֕םvayeshivemand he brought them back 2 Chronicles 19:4:12 ⧉אֶל־יְהוָ֖הelyahwehto the LORD 2 Chronicles 19:4:13 ⧉אֱלֹהֵ֥יeloheGod of 2 Chronicles 19:4:14 ⧉אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃avotehemtheir fathers |
| 4. Formal Translation While Jehoshaphat stayed in Jerusalem, he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, turning them back to the LORD, the God of their ancestors. |
| 4. Dynamic Translation Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out once more among his people from Beersheba up to the hill country of Ephraim, bringing them back to worship the LORD, the God of their fathers. |