The Latin Vulgate VUL
Good News Translation GNT
1 viginti quinque annorum erat Ioatham cum regnare coepisset et sedecim annis regnavit in Hierusalem nomen matris eius Hierusa filia Sadoc
1
Jotham became king at the age of twenty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. His mother was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
2 fecitque quod rectum erat coram Domino iuxta omnia quae fecerat Ozias pater suus excepto quod non est ingressus templum Domini et adhuc populus delinquebat
2
He did what was pleasing to the Lord, just as his father had done; but unlike his father he did not sin by burning incense in the Temple. The people, however, went on sinning.
3 ipse aedificavit portam domus Domini Excelsam et in muro Ophel multa construxit
3
It was Jotham who built the North Gate of the Temple and did extensive work on the city wall in the area of Jerusalem called Ophel.
4 urbes quoque aedificavit in montibus Iuda et in saltibus castella et turres
4
In the mountains of Judah he built cities, and in the forests he built forts and towers.
5 ipse pugnavit contra regem filiorum Ammon et vicit eos dederuntque ei filii Ammon in tempore illo centum talenta argenti et decem milia choros tritici ac totidem choros hordei haec ei praebuerunt filii Ammon in anno secundo et tertio
5
He fought against the king of Ammon and his army and defeated them. Then he forced the Ammonites to pay him the following tribute each year for three years: four tons of silver, fifty thousand bushels of wheat, and fifty thousand bushels of barley.
6 corroboratusque est Ioatham eo quod direxisset vias suas coram Domino Deo suo
6
Jotham grew powerful because he faithfully obeyed the Lord his God.
7 reliqua autem sermonum Ioatham et omnes pugnae eius et opera scripta sunt in libro regum Israhel et Iuda
7
The other events of Jotham's reign, his wars, and his policies, are all recorded in [The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah.]
8 viginti quinque annorum erat cum regnare coepisset et sedecim annis regnavit in Hierusalem
8
Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years.
9 dormivitque Ioatham cum patribus suis et sepelierunt eum in civitate David et regnavit Achaz filius eius pro eo
9
He died and was buried in David's City and his son Ahaz succeeded him as king.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.