| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 36:2:1 ⧉בֶּן־שָׁל֧וֹשׁbenshalosha son of three 2 Chronicles 36:2:2 ⧉וְעֶשְׂרִ֛יםveeserimand twenty 2 Chronicles 36:2:3 ⧉שָׁנָ֖הshanayear 2 Chronicles 36:2:4 ⧉יוֹאָחָ֣זyoakhazJehoahaz 2 Chronicles 36:2:5 ⧉בְּמָלְכ֑וֹbemalkhoin his reigning 2 Chronicles 36:2:6 ⧉וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הusheloshaand three 2 Chronicles 36:2:7 ⧉חֳדָשִׁ֔יםkhodashimmonths 2 Chronicles 36:2:8 ⧉מָלַ֖ךְmalakhhe reigned 2 Chronicles 36:2:9 ⧉בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃birushalimin Jerusalem |
| 2. Formal Translation Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when his reign began, and his rule in Jerusalem lasted three months. |
| 2. Dynamic Translation Jehoahaz came to the throne at twenty-three and governed from Jerusalem for only three months. |