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  • Jotham King of Judah

    Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.
  • Jotham Reigns in Judah

    Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
  • He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Uzziah had done, but unlike him he did not enter the temple of the Lord. The people, however, continued their corrupt practices.
  • And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord according to all that his father Uzziah had done, except he did not enter the temple of the Lord. But the people still followed corrupt practices.
  • Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the Lord and did extensive work on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
  • He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord and did much building on the wall of Ophel.
  • He built towns in the hill country of Judah and forts and towers in the wooded areas.
  • Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills.
  • Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and conquered them. That year the Ammonites paid him a hundred talentsa of silver, ten thousand corsb of wheat and ten thousand corsc of barley. The Ammonites brought him the same amount also in the second and third years.
  • He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. And the Ammonites gave him that year 100 talentsa of silver, and 10,000 corsb of wheat and 10,000 of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and the third years.
  • Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the Lord his God.
  • So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God.
  • The other events in Jotham’s reign, including all his wars and the other things he did, 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, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
  • He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
  • He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
  • Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.
  • And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

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