Revised Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 27:1-4

1Jothamיוֹתָ֣םyo.TamH3147wastwentyעֶשְׂרִ֨ים'es.RimH6242and fiveוְחָמֵ֤שׁve.cha.MeshH2568yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when he began to reignבְּמָלְכ֔וֹbe.ma.le.KhoH4427,and he reignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427sixteenוְשֵׁשׁ־ עֶשְׂרֵ֣הve.shesh- 'es.RehH6240 H8337yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141in Jerusalemבִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389.His mother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034also wasJerushahיְרוּשָׁ֖הye.ru.ShahH3388,the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Zadokצָדֽוֹק׃tza.DokH6659.

2And he didוַיַּ֨עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213that which wasrightהַיָּשָׁ֜רhai.ya.SharH3477in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,according to all that his fatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1Uzziahעֻזִּיָּ֣הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huH5818didעָשָׂה֙'a.SahH6213:howbeit he enteredבָ֖אva'H935not into the templeהֵיכַ֣לhei.KhalH1964of Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068.And the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971did yet corruptlyמַשְׁחִיתִֽים׃mash.chi.TimH7843.

3He builtבָּנָ֛הba.NahH1129the highהָעֶלְי֑וֹןha.'el.YonH5945gateשַׁ֥עַרSha.'arH8179of the houseבֵּית־beit-H1004of Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,and on the wallוּבְחוֹמַ֥תu.ve.cho.MatH2346of Ophelהָעֹ֛פֶלha.'O.felH6077he builtבָּנָ֖הba.NahH1129muchלָרֹֽב׃la.RoH7230.

4Moreover he builtבָּנָ֖הba.NahH1129citiesוְעָרִ֥יםve.'a.RimH5892in the mountainsבְּהַר־be.har-H2022of Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,and in the forestsוּבֶחֳרָשִׁ֣יםu.ve.cho.ra.ShimH2793he builtבָּנָ֔הba.NahH1129castlesבִּֽירָנִיּ֖וֹתbi.ra.ni.YotH1003and towersוּמִגְדָּלִֽים׃u.mig.da.LimH4026.

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