| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 33:3:1 ⧉וַיָּ֗שָׁבvayashavand he returned 2 Chronicles 33:3:2 ⧉וַיִּ֙בֶן֙vayivenand he built 2 Chronicles 33:3:3 ⧉אֶת־הַבָּמ֔וֹתethabamot{direct object} the high places 2 Chronicles 33:3:4 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhich 2 Chronicles 33:3:5 ⧉נִתַּ֖ץnitatshe tore down 2 Chronicles 33:3:6 ⧉יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּyekhizkiyahuHezekiah 2 Chronicles 33:3:7 ⧉אָבִ֑יוavivhis father 2 Chronicles 33:3:8 ⧉וַיָּ֨קֶםvayakemand he set up 2 Chronicles 33:3:9 ⧉מִזְבְּח֤וֹתmizbekhotaltars 2 Chronicles 33:3:10 ⧉לַבְּעָלִים֙labbealimto the Baals 2 Chronicles 33:3:11 ⧉וַיַּ֣עַשׂvayaasand he made 2 Chronicles 33:3:12 ⧉אֲשֵׁר֔וֹתasherotAsheroth 2 Chronicles 33:3:13 ⧉וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙vayishtakhuand they bowed down 2 Chronicles 33:3:14 ⧉לְכָל־צְבָ֣אlekholtsevato all host of 2 Chronicles 33:3:15 ⧉הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםhashamayimthe heavens 2 Chronicles 33:3:16 ⧉וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖דvayaavodand he served 2 Chronicles 33:3:17 ⧉אֹתָֽם׃otamthem |
| 3. Formal Translation And he returned and rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had demolished, and he erected altars to the Baals and made Asherahs. He bowed down to all the host of the heavens and served them. |
| 3. Dynamic Translation He brought back and rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He also set up altars for the Baals and fashioned Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them. |