2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 3:2:1 ⧉וַיַּעֲשֶׂ֤הvayaaseand he did 2 Kings 3:2:2 ⧉הָרַע֙harathe evil 2 Kings 3:2:3 ⧉בְּעֵינֵ֣יbeenein the eyes of 2 Kings 3:2:4 ⧉יְהוָ֔הyahwehthe LORD 2 Kings 3:2:5 ⧉רַ֕קrakonly 2 Kings 3:2:6 ⧉לֹ֥אlonot 2 Kings 3:2:7 ⧉כְאָבִ֖יוkheavivlike his father 2 Kings 3:2:8 ⧉וּכְאִמּ֑וֹukheimoand like his mother 2 Kings 3:2:9 ⧉וַיָּ֙סַר֙vayasarand he removed 2 Kings 3:2:10 ⧉אֶת־מַצְּבַ֣תetmatstsevatthe pillar of 2 Kings 3:2:11 ⧉הַבַּ֔עַלhabaalBaal 2 Kings 3:2:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhich 2 Kings 3:2:13 ⧉עָשָׂ֖הasamade 2 Kings 3:2:14 ⧉אָבִֽיו׃avivhis father |
2. Formal Translation And he did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD {Yahweh, Divine Judge}, yet not as his father and his mother had done; he removed the pillar of Baal that his father had made. |
2. Dynamic Translation He acted wrongly before the LORD {Yahweh, Standard of Justice}, though he was not as bad as his father and mother; he tore down the pillar of Baal that his father had set up. |