Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 15:17:
- Kupsabiny: “Menahem son of Gadi began to rule Israel when Uzziah had thirty-nine years having ruled the country of Judah. He ruled from the city of Samaria for ten years.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “During the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah, king of Judah, Menahem, son of Gadi, became king of Israel. He reigned ten years in Samaria.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Menahem the child/(son) of Gadi became king of Israel in the 39th year of the reign of Azaria in Juda. Menahem lived in Samaria, and he reigned for ten years.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When King Azariah had been ruling Judah for almost thirty-nine years, Menahem, the son of Gadi, became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria for ten years.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
