| 5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 36:5:1 ⧉בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨יםbenesrima son of twenty 2 Chronicles 36:5:2 ⧉וְחָמֵ֤שׁvekhameshand five 2 Chronicles 36:5:3 ⧉שָׁנָה֙shanayear 2 Chronicles 36:5:4 ⧉יְהוֹיָקִ֣יםyehoyakimJehoiakim 2 Chronicles 36:5:5 ⧉בְּמָלְכ֔וֹbemalkhoin his reigning 2 Chronicles 36:5:6 ⧉וְאַחַ֤תveakhatand one 2 Chronicles 36:5:7 ⧉עֶשְׂרֵה֙esreten 2 Chronicles 36:5:8 ⧉שָׁנָ֔הshanayear 2 Chronicles 36:5:9 ⧉מָלַ֖ךְmalakhhe reigned 2 Chronicles 36:5:10 ⧉בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִםbirushalayimin Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 36:5:11 ⧉וַיַּ֣עַשׂvayaasand he did 2 Chronicles 36:5:12 ⧉הָרַ֔עharathe evil 2 Chronicles 36:5:13 ⧉בְּעֵינֵ֖יbeenein the eyes of 2 Chronicles 36:5:14 ⧉יְהוָ֥הyahwehthe LORD 2 Chronicles 36:5:15 ⧉אֱלֹהָֽיו׃elohavhis God |
| 5. Formal Translation Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he ruled eleven years in Jerusalem. He acted wickedly in the eyes of the LORD {Yahweh, Sovereign Judge} his God {Elohav, Divine Protector}. |
| 5. Dynamic Translation Jehoiakim took the throne at twenty-five and reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years. He lived in a way that was wrong in the LORD’s {Yahweh, Righteous Standard} sight, though the LORD was his God {Elohav, Personal Deity}. |