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1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
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Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; and his mother's name was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
2 He did what was right in the sight of the Lord just as his father Uzziah had done—only he did not invade the temple of the Lord. But the people still followed corrupt practices.
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He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done; but he did not go into the Temple of the Lord. And the people still went on in their evil ways.
3 He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and did extensive building on the wall of Ophel.
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He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.
4 Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills.
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In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.
5 He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. The Ammonites gave him that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and the third years.
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He went to war with the king of the children of Ammon and overcame them. That year, the children of Ammon gave him a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of grain and ten thousand measures of barley. And the children of Ammon gave him the same amount the second year and the third.
6 So Jotham became strong because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God.
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So Jotham became strong, because in all his ways he made the Lord his guide.
7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
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Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
8 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
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He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years.
9 Jotham slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David; and his son Ahaz succeeded him.
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And Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in the town of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.
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