| 8. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 17:8:1 ⧉וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙vayelekhuand they walked 2 Kings 17:8:2 ⧉בְּחֻקּ֣וֹתbekhukotin the statutes of 2 Kings 17:8:3 ⧉הַגּוֹיִ֔םhagoyimthe nations 2 Kings 17:8:4 ⧉אֲשֶׁר֙asherwhich 2 Kings 17:8:5 ⧉הוֹרִ֣ישׁhorishhe caused to dispossess 2 Kings 17:8:6 ⧉יְהוָ֔הyahwehthe LORD 2 Kings 17:8:7 ⧉מִפְּנֵ֖יmippenefrom before 2 Kings 17:8:8 ⧉בְּנֵ֣יbenethe sons of 2 Kings 17:8:9 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelIsrael 2 Kings 17:8:10 ⧉וּמַלְכֵ֥יumalkheand the kings of 2 Kings 17:8:11 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsrael 2 Kings 17:8:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhich 2 Kings 17:8:13 ⧉עָשֽׂוּ׃asuthey did |
| 8. Formal Translation And they walked in the statutes of the nations that the LORD {Yahweh, Nation-Dispossessor} had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel, and in those of the kings of Israel that they had done. |
| 8. Dynamic Translation They followed the customs of the nations that the LORD {Yahweh, Holy Land-Giver} had driven out from before the people of Israel, and the practices of the kings of Israel. |