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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 Rules in Judah

    Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother was Jerusha, the 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.
  • Jotham did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight. He did everything his father, Uzziah, had done, except that Jotham did not sin by entering the Temple of the LORD. But the people continued in their corrupt ways.
  • It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
  • Jotham rebuilt the upper gate of the Temple of the LORD. He also did extensive rebuilding on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
  • And he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
  • He built towns in the hill country of Judah and constructed fortresses and towers in the wooded areas.
  • 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.
  • Jotham went to war against the Ammonites and conquered them. Over the next three years he received from them an annual tribute of 7,500 poundsa of silver, 50,000 bushels of wheat, and 50,000 bushels of barley.b
  • And Jotham became strong, for he prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.
  • King Jotham became powerful because he was careful to live in obedience to 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.
  • The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including all his wars and other activities, are recorded 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 in Jerusalem sixteen years.
  • And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
  • When Jotham died, he was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz became the next king.

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