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1 Joatham was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jerusa the daughter of Sadoc.
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Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king; he reigned sixteen years at Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
2 And he did that which was right before the Lord, according to all that Ozias his father had done, only that he entered not into the temple of the Lord, and the people still transgressed.
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In God's eyes he lived a good life, following the path marked out by his father Uzziah. Unlike his father, though, he didn't desecrate The Temple of God. But the people pushed right on in their lives of corruption.
3 He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
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Jotham constructed the Upper Gate of The Temple of God, considerably extended the Wall of the Ophel,
4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Juda, and castles and towers in the forests.
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and built cities in the high country of Judah and forts and towers down in the forests.
5 He fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and overcame them, and the children of Ammon gave him at that time a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and as many measures of barley: so much did the children of Ammon give him in the second and third year.
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He fought and beat the king of the Ammonites - that year the Ammonites turned over three and a quarter tons of silver and about sixty-five bushels of wheat, and another sixty-five bushels of barley. They repeated this for the next two years.
6 And Joatham was strengthened, because he had his way directed before the Lord his God.
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Jotham's strength was rooted in his steady and determined life of obedience to God.
7 Now the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all his wars, and his works, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Juda.
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The rest of the history of Jotham, including his wars and achievements, are all written in the Royal Annals of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
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He was twenty-five years old when he became king; he reigned for sixteen years at Jerusalem.
9 And Joatham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.
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Jotham died and was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz became the next king.
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