| 1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 34:1:1 ⧉בֶּן־שְׁמוֹנֶ֥הbenshemonea son of eight 2 Chronicles 34:1:2 ⧉שָׁנִ֖יםshanimyears 2 Chronicles 34:1:3 ⧉יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּyoshiyahuJosiah 2 Chronicles 34:1:4 ⧉בְמָלְכ֑וֹvemalkhoin his reigning 2 Chronicles 34:1:5 ⧉וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםusheloshimand thirty 2 Chronicles 34:1:6 ⧉וְאַחַת֙veakhatand one {feminine} 2 Chronicles 34:1:7 ⧉שָׁנָ֔הshanayear 2 Chronicles 34:1:8 ⧉מָלַ֖ךְmalakhhe reigned 2 Chronicles 34:1:9 ⧉בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃birushalayimin Jerusalem |
| 1. Formal Translation Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. |
| 1. Dynamic Translation Josiah was only eight years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for thirty-one years. |