| 30. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 23:30:1 ⧉וַיַּרְכִּבֻ֨הוּvayarkhibuhuand they made him ride 2 Kings 23:30:2 ⧉עֲבָדָ֥יוavadavhis servants 2 Kings 23:30:3 ⧉מֵת֙metdead 2 Kings 23:30:4 ⧉מִמְּגִדּ֔וֹmimmegiddofrom Megiddo 2 Kings 23:30:5 ⧉וַיְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙vayeviuhuand they brought him 2 Kings 23:30:6 ⧉יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םyerushalaimto Jerusalem 2 Kings 23:30:7 ⧉וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּvayikberuhuand they buried him 2 Kings 23:30:8 ⧉בִּקְבֻֽרָת֑וֹbikburatoin his burial place or in his grave 2 Kings 23:30:9 ⧉וַיִּקַּ֣חvayikkakhand took 2 Kings 23:30:10 ⧉עַם־הָאָ֗רֶץamhaaretsthe people of the land 2 Kings 23:30:11 ⧉אֶת־יְהֽוֹאָחָז֙etyehoakhazJehoahaz {direct object marker + name} 2 Kings 23:30:12 ⧉בֶּן־יֹ֣אשִׁיָּ֔הוּbenyoshiyahuson of Josiah 2 Kings 23:30:13 ⧉וַיִּמְשְׁח֥וּvayimshekhuand they anointed 2 Kings 23:30:14 ⧉אֹת֛וֹotohim 2 Kings 23:30:15 ⧉וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּvayamlikhuand they made king 2 Kings 23:30:16 ⧉אֹת֖וֹotohim 2 Kings 23:30:17 ⧉תַּ֥חַתtakhatunder or instead of 2 Kings 23:30:18 ⧉אָבִֽיו׃פavivhis father |
| 30. Formal Translation His servants conveyed him, dead, in a chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his grave. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father. |
| 30. Dynamic Translation Josiah’s servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and laid him to rest in his tomb. Then the people of the land chose Jehoahaz son of Josiah, poured oil on him and made him king instead of his father. |