Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. Also his mother's name was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
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Jotham was 25 years old when he began to rule. He ruled for 16 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerushah, daughter of Zadok.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did. Howbeit, he entered not into the temple of the LORD, and the people did yet corruptly.
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He did what the LORD considered right, as his father Uzziah had done. But unlike his father, he didn't [illegally] enter the LORD's temple. Nevertheless, the people continued their corrupt ways.
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 built the Upper Gate of the LORD's temple and did extensive building of the wall at the Ophel.
4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built strongholds and towers.
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He built cities in the hills of Judah, and he built forts and towers in the wooded areas.
5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against 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. The same did the children of Ammon pay unto him both the second year and the third.
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He fought with the king of the Ammonites and conquered them. That year the Ammonites gave him 7,500 pounds of silver, 60,000 bushels of wheat, and 60,000 bushels of barley. The Ammonites gave him the same amount for two more years.
6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
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Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to live as the LORD his God wanted.
7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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Everything else about Jotham--all his wars and his life--is 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 Jerusalem.
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He was 25 years old when he began to rule as king. He ruled for 16 years in Jerusalem.
9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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Jotham lay down in death with his ancestors, and they buried him in the City of David. His son Ahaz succeeded him as king.
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