| 36. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 23:36:1 ⧉בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨יםbenesrima son of twenty 2 Kings 23:36:2 ⧉וְחָמֵ֤שׁvekhameshand five 2 Kings 23:36:3 ⧉שָׁנָה֙shanayear 2 Kings 23:36:4 ⧉יְהוֹיָקִ֣יםyehoyakimJehoiakim 2 Kings 23:36:5 ⧉בְּמָלְכ֔וֹbemolkhowhen he began to reign or in his reigning 2 Kings 23:36:6 ⧉וְאַחַ֤תveakhatand one 2 Kings 23:36:7 ⧉עֶשְׂרֵה֙esreten 2 Kings 23:36:8 ⧉שָׁנָ֔הshanayear 2 Kings 23:36:9 ⧉מָלַ֖ךְmalakhhe reigned 2 Kings 23:36:10 ⧉בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִםbirushalayimin Jerusalem 2 Kings 23:36:11 ⧉וְשֵׁ֣םveshemand name 2 Kings 23:36:12 ⧉אִמּ֔וֹimoof his mother 2 Kings 23:36:13 ⧉זבידהzevidaZebidah 2 Kings 23:36:14 ⧉זְבוּדָּ֥הzevuddaZebuddah 2 Kings 23:36:15 ⧉בַת־פְּדָיָ֖הbatpedayadaughter of Pedaiah 2 Kings 23:36:16 ⧉מִן־רוּמָֽה׃minrumafrom Rumah |
| 36. Formal Translation Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebidah, daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah. |
| 36. Dynamic Translation When Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old, he became king in Jerusalem and ruled for eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah, daughter of Pedaiah, and she was from Rumah. |