OET interlinear 2 KI 3:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

וִ⁠יהוֹרָ֣ם בֶּן־אַחְאָ֗ב מָלַ֤ךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּ⁠שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן בִּ⁠שְׁנַת֙ שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לִ⁠יהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַ⁠יִּמְלֹ֖ךְ שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָֽה

and,Jehoram (Some words not found in UHB: and,Jehoram son_of ʼAḩʼāⱱ became_king on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael in,Samaria in=year eight teen of,Jehoshaphat king Yehuda and,he_reigned two/dual teen year )

In this verse and the next two verses, the author is introducing Jehoram as a participant in the story as the new king of Israel. In the preceding book of 1 Kings, the author introduced each new king in this same way, and he will introduce each new king this way throughout this book. It would be good to show this in your translation by representing his characteristic phrases the same way each time. If you have already translated the book of 1 Kings, see how you translated these phrases in [1 Kings 15:1](../1ki/15/01.md) and similar instances throughout that book.

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

בִּ⁠שְׁנַת֙ שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לִ⁠יהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט

(Some words not found in UHB: and,Jehoram son_of ʼAḩʼāⱱ became_king on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael in,Samaria in=year eight teen of,Jehoshaphat king Yehuda and,he_reigned two/dual teen year )

If your language would not represent a number in a form such as 18, you could represent this number in a form that your language would use. Alternate translation: [in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign]