| 1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 18:1:1 ⧉וַֽיְהִי֙vayehiand it happened 2 Kings 18:1:2 ⧉בִּשְׁנַ֣תbishnatin the year of 2 Kings 18:1:3 ⧉שָׁלֹ֔שׁshaloshthree 2 Kings 18:1:4 ⧉לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַlehosheato Hoshea 2 Kings 18:1:5 ⧉בֶּן־אֵלָ֖הbenelason of Elah 2 Kings 18:1:6 ⧉מֶ֣לֶךְmelekhking of 2 Kings 18:1:7 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelIsrael 2 Kings 18:1:8 ⧉מָלַ֛ךְmalakhbecame king or began to reign 2 Kings 18:1:9 ⧉חִזְקִיָּ֥הkhizkiyaHezekiah 2 Kings 18:1:10 ⧉בֶן־אָחָ֖זvenakhazson of Ahaz 2 Kings 18:1:11 ⧉מֶ֥לֶךְmelekhking of 2 Kings 18:1:12 ⧉יְהוּדָֽה׃yehudaJudah |
| 1. Formal Translation And it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. |
| 1. Dynamic Translation In the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, the king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah. |