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Jotham's Good Reign in Judah
Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerushah, daughter of Zadok.
Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerushah, daughter of Zadok.
And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; only he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people still acted corruptly.
And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done (although he did not enter the temple of the Lord). But still the people acted corruptly.
It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
He built the Upper Gate of the house of the Lord, and he built extensively on the wall of Ophel.
And he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.
And he fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and overcame 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. This the children of Ammon brought again to him also in the second year, and in the third.
He also fought with the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. And the people of Ammon gave him in that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The people of Ammon paid this to him in the second and third years also.
And Jotham became strong, for he prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.
And 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.
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.