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1 Yotam was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Yerushalayim: and his mother's name was Yerusha the daughter of Tzadok.
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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.
2 He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father `Uzziyah had done: however he didn't enter into the temple of the LORD. The people did yet corruptly.
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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.
3 He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of `Ofel he built much.
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Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the LORD and did extensive work on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
4 Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Yehudah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
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He built towns in the hill country of Judah and forts and towers in the wooded areas.
5 He fought also with the king of the children of `Ammon, and prevailed against them. The children of `Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of `Ammon render to him, in the second year also, and in the third.
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Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and conquered them. That year the Ammonites paid him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand cors of barley. The Ammonites brought him the same amount also in the second and third years.
6 So Yotam became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
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Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the LORD his God.
7 Now the rest of the acts of Yotam, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Yisra'el and Yehudah.
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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.
8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Yerushalayim.
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He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
9 Yotam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his place.
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Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.
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