| 20. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 22:20:1 ⧉לָכֵן֩lakhentherefore 2 Kings 22:20:2 ⧉הִנְנִ֨יhinnebehold, I 2 Kings 22:20:3 ⧉אֹֽסִפְךָ֜osifkhawill gather you 2 Kings 22:20:4 ⧉עַל־אֲבֹתֶ֗יךָalavotekhato your fathers 2 Kings 22:20:5 ⧉וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֣veneesaftaand you shall be gathered 2 Kings 22:20:6 ⧉אֶל־קִבְרֹתֶיךָ֮elkivrotekhato your graves 2 Kings 22:20:7 ⧉בְּשָׁלוֹם֒beshalomin peace 2 Kings 22:20:8 ⧉וְלֹא־תִרְאֶ֣ינָהvelotirenaand not shall see 2 Kings 22:20:9 ⧉עֵינֶ֔יךָenekhayour eyes 2 Kings 22:20:10 ⧉בְּכֹל֙bekholin all 2 Kings 22:20:11 ⧉הָֽרָעָ֔הharaathe evil 2 Kings 22:20:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥יasheranithat I 2 Kings 22:20:13 ⧉מֵבִ֖יאmeviam bringing 2 Kings 22:20:14 ⧉עַל־הַמָּק֣וֹםalhamakomupon the place 2 Kings 22:20:15 ⧉הַזֶּ֑הhazethis 2 Kings 22:20:16 ⧉וַיָּשִׁ֥יבוּvayashivuand they returned 2 Kings 22:20:17 ⧉אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְethamelekh{direct object} the king 2 Kings 22:20:18 ⧉דָּבָֽר׃davara word |
| 20. Formal Translation Therefore, behold, I {Yahweh, Executor of Judgment} am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your graves in peace. Your eyes will not see all the evil that I am bringing upon this place. And they conveyed the report to the king. |
| 20. Dynamic Translation So now, I {Yahweh, Fulfiller of Prophecy} will bring you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. You will not witness any of the disaster that I am about to bring on this place. Then they took the message back to the king. |