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| 1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. | 1Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. |
| 2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD according to all that his father Uzziah had done, except he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still followed corrupt practices. | 2And 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. |
| 3He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD and did much building on the wall of Ophel. | 3He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. |
| 4Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills. | 4Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. |
| 5He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. And the Ammonites gave him that year 100 talents of silver, and 10,000 cors of wheat and 10,000 of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and the third years. | 5He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. |
| 6So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. | 6So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. |
| 7Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. | 7Now 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. |
| 8He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. | 8He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. |
| 9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place. | 9And 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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