OET interlinear 2 KI 12:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יָּקֻ֥מוּ עֲבָדָ֖י⁠ו

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_arose servants_of,his and,they_conspired conspiracy and,they_struck_down DOM Yōʼāsh/(Joash) house_of Millōʼ [which]_goes,down Silla )

See how you translated the similar expression in 3:24. Alternate translation: [And his servants took action]

Note 2 topic: writing-poetry

וַ⁠יִּקְשְׁרֽוּ־קָ֑שֶׁר

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_arose servants_of,his and,they_conspired conspiracy and,they_struck_down DOM Yōʼāsh/(Joash) house_of Millōʼ [which]_goes,down Silla )

The author is using a construction in which a verb and its object come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express the meaning here. Alternatively, your language may have another way of saying this. Alternate translation: [and they formed a conspiracy]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יַּכּוּ֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_arose servants_of,his and,they_conspired conspiracy and,they_struck_down DOM Yōʼāsh/(Joash) house_of Millōʼ [which]_goes,down Silla )

See how you translated the similar expression in 3:24. Alternate translation: [and they attacked]