| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 21:3:1 ⧉וַיָּ֗שָׁבvayashavand he returned 2 Kings 21:3:2 ⧉וַיִּ֙בֶן֙vayivenand he built 2 Kings 21:3:3 ⧉אֶת־הַבָּמ֔וֹתethabamot{direct object} the high places 2 Kings 21:3:4 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhich 2 Kings 21:3:5 ⧉אִבַּ֖דibadhe destroyed 2 Kings 21:3:6 ⧉חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּkhizkiyahuHezekiah 2 Kings 21:3:7 ⧉אָבִ֑יוavivhis father 2 Kings 21:3:8 ⧉וַיָּ֨קֶםvayakemand he set up 2 Kings 21:3:9 ⧉מִזְבְּחֹ֜תmizbekhotaltars 2 Kings 21:3:10 ⧉לַבַּ֗עַלlabaalfor Baal 2 Kings 21:3:11 ⧉וַיַּ֤עַשׂvayaasand he made 2 Kings 21:3:12 ⧉אֲשֵׁרָה֙asheraan Asherah 2 Kings 21:3:13 ⧉כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רkaasheras 2 Kings 21:3:14 ⧉עָשָׂ֗הasahe did 2 Kings 21:3:15 ⧉אַחְאָב֙akhavAhab 2 Kings 21:3:16 ⧉מֶ֣לֶךְmelekhking of 2 Kings 21:3:17 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsrael 2 Kings 21:3:18 ⧉וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙vayishtakhuand they bowed down 2 Kings 21:3:19 ⧉לְכָל־צְבָ֣אlekholtsevato all {of} the host of 2 Kings 21:3:20 ⧉הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםhashamayimthe heavens 2 Kings 21:3:21 ⧉וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖דvayaavodand he served 2 Kings 21:3:22 ⧉אֹתָֽם׃otamthem |
| 3. Formal Translation And he returned and built the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. And he prostrated himself to all the host of the heavens and served them. |
| 3. Dynamic Translation He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, set up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed before all the heavenly armies and worshiped them. |