| 12. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 21:12:1 ⧉וַיָּבֹ֤אvayavoand came 2 Chronicles 21:12:2 ⧉אֵלָיו֙elavto him 2 Chronicles 21:12:3 ⧉מִכְתָּ֔בmiktava letter 2 Chronicles 21:12:4 ⧉מֵֽאֵלִיָּ֥הוּmeeliyahufrom Elijah 2 Chronicles 21:12:5 ⧉הַנָּבִ֖יאhanavithe prophet 2 Chronicles 21:12:6 ⧉לֵאמֹ֑רlemorto say 2 Chronicles 21:12:7 ⧉כֹּ֣הkothus 2 Chronicles 21:12:8 ⧉אָמַ֣רamarsaid 2 Chronicles 21:12:9 ⧉יְהוָ֗הyahwehthe LORD 2 Chronicles 21:12:10 ⧉אֱלֹהֵי֙eloheGod of 2 Chronicles 21:12:11 ⧉דָּוִ֣ידdavidDavid 2 Chronicles 21:12:12 ⧉אָבִ֔יךָavikhayour father 2 Chronicles 21:12:13 ⧉תַּ֗חַתtakhatbecause of 2 Chronicles 21:12:14 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֤רasherwhich 2 Chronicles 21:12:15 ⧉לֹֽא־הָלַ֙כְתָּ֙lohalakhtayou have not walked 2 Chronicles 21:12:16 ⧉בְּדַרְכֵי֙bedarkhein the ways of 2 Chronicles 21:12:17 ⧉יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣טyehoshafatJehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 21:12:18 ⧉אָבִ֔יךָavikhayour father 2 Chronicles 21:12:19 ⧉וּבְדַרְכֵ֖יuvedarkheand in the ways of 2 Chronicles 21:12:20 ⧉אָסָ֥אasaAsa 2 Chronicles 21:12:21 ⧉מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָֽה׃melekhyehudaking of Judah |
| 12. Formal Translation A letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, saying, “Thus says the LORD {Yahweh, Divine Messenger}, the God of David your father: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father or in the ways of Asa king of Judah.” |
| 12. Dynamic Translation Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah, which said, “This is what the LORD {Yahweh, Divine Communicator}, the God of your ancestor David, says: ‘You have not lived as your father Jehoshaphat did or as Asa king of Judah did.’” |