| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 18:2:1 ⧉בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨יםbeneserima son of twenty 2 Kings 18:2:2 ⧉וְחָמֵ֤שׁvekhameshand five 2 Kings 18:2:3 ⧉שָׁנָה֙shanayear 2 Kings 18:2:4 ⧉הָיָ֣הhayahe was 2 Kings 18:2:5 ⧉בְמָלְכ֔וֹvemalkhoin his reigning 2 Kings 18:2:6 ⧉וְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםveeserimand twenty 2 Kings 18:2:7 ⧉וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙vateshaand nine 2 Kings 18:2:8 ⧉שָׁנָ֔הshanayear 2 Kings 18:2:9 ⧉מָלַ֖ךְmalakhhe reigned 2 Kings 18:2:10 ⧉בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִםbirushalayimin Jerusalem 2 Kings 18:2:11 ⧉וְשֵׁ֣םveshemand the name of 2 Kings 18:2:12 ⧉אִמּ֔וֹimohis mother 2 Kings 18:2:13 ⧉אֲבִ֖יaviAbi 2 Kings 18:2:14 ⧉בַּת־זְכַרְיָֽה׃batzekharyadaughter of Zechariah |
| 2. Formal Translation He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi daughter of Zechariah. |
| 2. Dynamic Translation He became king at the age of twenty-five and ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abi, and her father was Zechariah. |