Riveduta 1927 (Italian) RIV
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1 Jotham avea venticinque anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò sedici anni a Gerusalemme. Sua madre si chiamava Jerusha, figliuola di Tsadok.
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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 Egli fece ciò ch’è giusto agli occhi dell’Eterno, interamente come avea fatto Uzzia suo padre; soltanto non entrò nel tempio dell’Eterno, e il popolo continuava a corrompersi.
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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 Egli costruì la porta superiore della casa dell’Eterno, e fece molti lavori sulle mura di Ofel.
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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 Costruì parimente delle città nella contrada montuosa di Giuda, e dei castelli e delle torri nelle foreste.
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He built towns in the hill country of Judah and forts and towers in the wooded areas.
5 E mosse guerra al re de’ figliuoli di Ammon, e vinse gli Ammoniti. I figliuoli di Ammon gli diedero quell’anno cento talenti d’argento, diecimila cori di grano e diecimila d’orzo; e altrettanto gli pagarono il secondo e il terzo anno.
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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 Così Jotham divenne potente, perché camminò con costanza nel cospetto dell’Eterno, del suo Dio.
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Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the LORD his God.
7 Il rimanente delle azioni di Jotham, tutte le sue guerre e le sue imprese si trovano scritte nel libro dei re d’Israele e di Giuda.
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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 Avea venticinque anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò sedici anni a Gerusalemme.
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He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
9 Jotham s’addormentò coi suoi padri, e fu sepolto nella città di Davide. Ed Achaz, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.
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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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