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Jotham was twenty and fiveyearsold when he began to reign, and he reignedsixteen*years in Jerusalem. His mother'sname also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
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And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fatherUzziahdid: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
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He built the highgate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel[a] he builtmuch.
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Moreover he builtcities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he builtcastles and towers.
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He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammongave him the same year an hundredtalents of silver, and tenthousandmeasures of wheat, and tenthousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammonpayunto him, both the secondyear, and the third.
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So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared[b] his waysbefore the LORD his God.
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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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He was five and twentyyearsold when he began to reign, and reignedsixteen*years in Jerusalem.
This chapter treats of the reign of Jotham, which was a good one, 2Ch 27:1,2, of his buildings and wars, 2Ch 27:3-6, and of his death and burial, 2Ch 27:7-9.