2 Chronicles 27

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Jotham Reigns in Judah

¹Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah^a daughter of Zadok.

¹Jotham was a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of His mother was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

²And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah^a had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

²And he did right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that Uzziah his father had done, although he did not enter into the temple of YHWH. And again the people acted corruptly.

³Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.

³He built the Upper Gate of the house of YHWH, and in the Wall of Ophel he built extensively.

⁴He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

⁴And he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.

⁵Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver,^a ten thousand cors of wheat,^b and ten thousand cors of barley.^c They paid him the same in the second and third years.

⁵And He fought with the king of the sons of Ammon, and he prevailed over them, and the sons of Ammon gave to him in that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. This the sons of Ammon paid to him in the second year and in the third.

⁶So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

⁶And Jotham strengthened himself because he established his ways before YHWH his God.

⁷As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

⁷And the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

⁸He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.

⁸He was a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem.

⁹And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

⁹And Jotham rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. And Ahaz his son reigned in his place.