OET interlinear 2 KI 21:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠הֶעֱבִ֤יר אֶת־בְּנ⁠וֹ֙ בָּ⁠אֵ֔שׁ

and,he_made_pass DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_made_pass DOM his/its=son in,fire and,he_practiced_soothsaying and,he_practiced_divination and,he_dealt_with mediums and,soothsayers much for=doing (the),evil in/on=both_eyes_of YHWH to,provoke_[him]_to_anger )

See how you translated the similar expression in [16:3](../16/03.md). Alternate translation: [And he burned his son completely as an offering to an idol]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

א֖וֹב

mediums

A ritual pit was a hole in the ground that was used in ceremonies to try to contact the spirits of dead people. If your readers would not be familiar with what a ritual pit was, in your translation you could use the name of a similar thing that your readers would recognize, or you could use a general expression. If you have already translated the book of 1 Samuel, see how you translated the same expression in [1 Samuel 28:3](../../1sa/28/03.md). Alternate translation: [a place to use to try to contact dead people]

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

וְ⁠יִדְּעֹנִ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_made_pass DOM his/its=son in,fire and,he_practiced_soothsaying and,he_practiced_divination and,he_dealt_with mediums and,soothsayers much for=doing (the),evil in/on=both_eyes_of YHWH to,provoke_[him]_to_anger )

The expression familiar spirits describes supernatural beings that people in this culture believed existed and could help them gain secret knowledge. If your readers would not be familiar with this, in your translation you could use the name of a similar thing that your readers would recognize, or you could use a general expression. If you have already translated the book of 1 Samuel, see how you translated the same expression in [1 Samuel 28:3](../../1sa/28/03.md). Alternate translation: [for spirits that people believed could give them secret knowledge]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הִרְבָּ֗ה לַ⁠עֲשׂ֥וֹת הָ⁠רַ֛ע

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_made_pass DOM his/its=son in,fire and,he_practiced_soothsaying and,he_practiced_divination and,he_dealt_with mediums and,soothsayers much for=doing (the),evil in/on=both_eyes_of YHWH to,provoke_[him]_to_anger )

The author is using multiplied doing evil as a common expression of his culture to mean “did very many evil things.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [He did evil after evil] or [He did very many evil things]