| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 23:2:1 ⧉וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙vayasobuand they went around 2 Chronicles 23:2:2 ⧉בִּֽיהוּדָ֔הbiyehudain Judah 2 Chronicles 23:2:3 ⧉וַיִּקְבְּצ֤וּvayikbetsuand they gathered 2 Chronicles 23:2:4 ⧉אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם֙ethaleviyim{direct object} the Levites 2 Chronicles 23:2:5 ⧉מִכָּל־עָרֵ֣יmikolarefrom all the cities of 2 Chronicles 23:2:6 ⧉יְהוּדָ֔הyehudaJudah 2 Chronicles 23:2:7 ⧉וְרָאשֵׁ֥יverasheand heads of 2 Chronicles 23:2:8 ⧉הָאָב֖וֹתhaavotthe fathers 2 Chronicles 23:2:9 ⧉לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לleyisraelof Israel or for Israel 2 Chronicles 23:2:10 ⧉וַיָּבֹ֖אוּvayavouand they came 2 Chronicles 23:2:11 ⧉אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃elyerushalayimto Jerusalem |
| 2. Formal Translation They moved through Judah and assembled the Levites from every city of Judah, along with the heads of the ancestral houses of Israel; after that, they came to Jerusalem. |
| 2. Dynamic Translation They went across Judah and convened the Levites from each town, together with the leading fathers of Israel’s clans; then they arrived in Jerusalem. |