2 Chronicles 27
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Berean Standard Bible
1Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
2And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
3He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
3Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
4Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forest he built castles and towers.
4He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
5He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third.
5Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.
6So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
6So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
7Now 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.
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.
8He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
9And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
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