| 18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 24:18:1 ⧉בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨יםbenesrima son of twenty 2 Kings 24:18:2 ⧉וְאַחַ֤תveakhatand one 2 Kings 24:18:3 ⧉שָׁנָה֙shanayear 2 Kings 24:18:4 ⧉צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtsidkiyahuZedekiah 2 Kings 24:18:5 ⧉בְמָלְכ֔וֹvemalkhoin his becoming-king or in his reigning 2 Kings 24:18:6 ⧉וְאַחַ֤תveakhatand one 2 Kings 24:18:7 ⧉עֶשְׂרֵה֙esreten 2 Kings 24:18:8 ⧉שָׁנָ֔הshanayear 2 Kings 24:18:9 ⧉מָלַ֖ךְmalakhhe reigned 2 Kings 24:18:10 ⧉בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִםbirushalaimin Jerusalem 2 Kings 24:18:11 ⧉וְשֵׁ֣םveshemand the name of 2 Kings 24:18:12 ⧉אִמּ֔וֹimohis mother 2 Kings 24:18:13 ⧉חמיטלkhimitalHamutal 2 Kings 24:18:14 ⧉חֲמוּטַ֥לkhamutalHamutal 2 Kings 24:18:15 ⧉בַּֽת־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּbatyirmeyahudaughter of Jeremiah 2 Kings 24:18:16 ⧉מִלִּבְנָֽה׃millivnafrom Libnah |
| 18. Formal Translation Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. |
| 18. Dynamic Translation Zedekiah was twenty-one when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah from the town of Libnah. |