| King James Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 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. | 1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. |
| 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. | 2He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; however he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued acting corruptly. |
| 3He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. | 3He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and he built extensively the wall of Ophel. |
| 4Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. | 4Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills. |
| 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. | 5He fought also with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them so that the Ammonites gave him during that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second and in the third year. |
| 6So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. | 6So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. |
| 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. | 7Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, even all his wars and his acts, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. |
| 8He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. | 8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he 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 stead. | 9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place. |
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