Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 12:3:
- Kupsabiny: “Even though that was so, (he) did not destroy where idols were worshipped on the hills. People continued to offer sacrifices there and burning things that smell sweet.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Yet he did not remove the places to do puja. People continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But he did- not -caused-to-be-destroyed the places-of-worship at the high places, so the people there continued to offer offerings/sacrifices and to-burn incense.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But the places where the people worshiped Yahweh on the tops of hills were not destroyed, and they continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at those places, instead of at the place that God had chosen for them in Jerusalem.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
