| 1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 28:1:1 ⧉בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֤יםbenesrima son of twenty 2 Chronicles 28:1:2 ⧉שָׁנָה֙shanayear 2 Chronicles 28:1:3 ⧉אָחָ֣זakhazAhaz 2 Chronicles 28:1:4 ⧉בְּמָלְכ֔וֹbemolkhoin his reigning 2 Chronicles 28:1:5 ⧉וְשֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֣הvesheshesreand six of ten 2 Chronicles 28:1:6 ⧉שָׁנָ֔הshanayear 2 Chronicles 28:1:7 ⧉מָלַ֖ךְmalakhhe reigned 2 Chronicles 28:1:8 ⧉בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִםbirushalimin Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 28:1:9 ⧉וְלֹא־עָשָׂ֧הveloasaand not he did 2 Chronicles 28:1:10 ⧉הַיָּשָׁ֛רhayasharthe right 2 Chronicles 28:1:11 ⧉בְּעֵינֵ֥יbeenein the eyes of 2 Chronicles 28:1:12 ⧉יְהוָ֖הyahwehthe LORD 2 Chronicles 28:1:13 ⧉כְּדָוִ֥ידkedavidas David 2 Chronicles 28:1:14 ⧉אָבִֽיו׃avivhis father |
| 1. Formal Translation Ahaz ascended the throne at twenty years of age and reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem; yet he failed to act uprightly before the LORD {Yahweh, Righteous Judge}, as David his father {aviv: ancestor, direct forebear} had done. |
| 1. Dynamic Translation Ahaz became king at twenty and ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years, yet he did not live uprightly in the sight of the LORD {Yahweh, Standard of Justice}, unlike his ancestor {aviv: family head, honored predecessor} David. |