| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 28:3:1 ⧉וְה֥וּאvehuand he 2 Chronicles 28:3:2 ⧉הִקְטִ֖ירhiktirhe made smoke or he burned incense 2 Chronicles 28:3:3 ⧉בְּגֵ֣יאbegein the valley of 2 Chronicles 28:3:4 ⧉בֶן־הִנֹּ֑םbenhinomson of Hinnom 2 Chronicles 28:3:5 ⧉וַיַּבְעֵ֤רvayaverand he burned 2 Chronicles 28:3:6 ⧉אֶת־בָּנָיו֙etbanav{direct object marker} his sons 2 Chronicles 28:3:7 ⧉בָּאֵ֔שׁbaeshin the fire 2 Chronicles 28:3:8 ⧉כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙ketoavotaccording to the abominations of 2 Chronicles 28:3:9 ⧉הַגּוֹיִ֔םhagoyimthe nations 2 Chronicles 28:3:10 ⧉אֲשֶׁר֙asherwhich or whom 2 Chronicles 28:3:11 ⧉הֹרִ֣ישׁhorishhe dispossessed or he drove out 2 Chronicles 28:3:12 ⧉יְהוָ֔הyahwehthe LORD 2 Chronicles 28:3:13 ⧉מִפְּנֵ֖יmipnefrom before or from the presence of 2 Chronicles 28:3:14 ⧉בְּנֵ֥יbenesons of 2 Chronicles 28:3:15 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃yisraelIsrael |
| 3. Formal Translation And he burned incense in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and made his sons pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD {Yahweh, Nations Expeller} had driven out from before the sons of Israel. |
| 3. Dynamic Translation He burned incense in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, mirroring the detestable rituals of the nations that the LORD {Yahweh, Protector of Covenant} had driven out before the Israelites. |