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OET (OET-LV) Because that he_has_done Mənashsheh the_king_of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) the_abominations the_these he_has_done_evil from_all that they_did the_ʼAmorī who was_before_of_him and_he_has_caused_to_sin also DOM Yəhūdāh with_idols_of_his.
OET (OET-RV) “Because Yehudah’s King Menashsheh has done such terribly evil things, worse even than the Amorites who were there before him, and because he’s even made Yehudah sin with his idols,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
עָשׂ֥וּ הָאֱמֹרִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְפָנָ֑יו
they_had_acquired the=ʼAmorī (Some words not found in UHB: because which/who he/it_had_made Mənashsheh king Yehuda the,abominations the=these evil from=all which/who they_had_acquired the=ʼAmorī which/who [was],before_of,him and,he_has_caused_to_sin also DOM Yehuda with,idols_of,his )
The author is not referring to a specific Amorite. He means the Amorites in general. (The verb translated as did is plural.) If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the Amorites did who were to his face]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְפָנָ֑יו
(Some words not found in UHB: because which/who he/it_had_made Mənashsheh king Yehuda the,abominations the=these evil from=all which/who they_had_acquired the=ʼAmorī which/who [was],before_of,him and,he_has_caused_to_sin also DOM Yehuda with,idols_of,his )
See how you translated the similar expression in [17:2](../17/02.md). Alternate translation: [who was before him]
OET (OET-LV) Because that he_has_done Mənashsheh the_king_of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) the_abominations the_these he_has_done_evil from_all that they_did the_ʼAmorī who was_before_of_him and_he_has_caused_to_sin also DOM Yəhūdāh with_idols_of_his.
OET (OET-RV) “Because Yehudah’s King Menashsheh has done such terribly evil things, worse even than the Amorites who were there before him, and because he’s even made Yehudah sin with his idols,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.