| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. | 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. |
| 2And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done (although he did not enter the temple of the LORD). But still the people acted corruptly. | 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. |
| 3He built the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he built extensively on the wall of Ophel. | 3He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD and did much building on the wall of Ophel. |
| 4Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers. | 4Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills. |
| 5He also fought with the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. And the people of Ammon gave him in that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The people of Ammon paid this to him in the second and third years also. | 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. |
| 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, indeed 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, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. |
| 8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. | 8He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. |
| 9So Jotham rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then 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 place. |
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