Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 34:3:
- Kupsabiny: “In the eight year of Josiah ruling, while he was still young, he began to commit himself to the God of his forefather David. And in the twelfth year of his ruling, he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem. He destroyed where idols were prayed to, the things that were shaped to be like Asherah, and other things that were made to be worshipped.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In the 8th year of Josiah’s reign, while he [was] a young man he sought the God of his ancestor David. Then in the 12th year [of his reign] the pillars of the hills, the pillars of the Ashera goddess, the carved idols and the idols of cast metal in Judah and Jerusalem were removed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to take-refuge in God of his ancestor David. And in the twelfth year of his reign, he started cleaning-up Juda and Jerusalem by destroying the places-of-worship in the high places, of the poles that symbolize the goddess Ashera, the gods and carved-images.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When he had been ruling for almost eight years, while he was still a young man, he began to worship God like his ancestor King David had done. Four years later, he began to get rid of all the pagan shrines on hilltops in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah, and the poles to honor the goddess Asherah, and the carved idols and statues of gods.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
