| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 21:2:1 ⧉וַיַּ֥עַשׂvayaasand he did 2 Kings 21:2:2 ⧉הָרַ֖עharathe evil 2 Kings 21:2:3 ⧉בְּעֵינֵ֣יbeenein the eyes of 2 Kings 21:2:4 ⧉יְהוָ֑הyahwehthe LORD 2 Kings 21:2:5 ⧉כְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת֙ketoavotaccording to abominations of 2 Kings 21:2:6 ⧉הַגּוֹיִ֔םhagoyimthe nations 2 Kings 21:2:7 ⧉אֲשֶׁר֙asherwhich 2 Kings 21:2:8 ⧉הוֹרִ֣ישׁhorishhe dispossessed 2 Kings 21:2:9 ⧉יְהוָ֔הyahwehthe LORD 2 Kings 21:2:10 ⧉מִפְּנֵ֖יmipenefrom before 2 Kings 21:2:11 ⧉בְּנֵ֥יbenesons of 2 Kings 21:2:12 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃yisraelIsrael |
| 2. Formal Translation And he did evil in the sight of the LORD {Yahweh, Moral Standard}, like the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out from before the sons of Israel. |
| 2. Dynamic Translation He acted wickedly in the sight of the LORD {Yahweh, Sovereign Judge}, following the practices of the nations that the LORD had removed from before the Israelites. |