2 Chronicles 27272 ChroniclesThe kings of JudahUnlocked English Bible

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1. Jotham Reigns in Judah

   (2 Kings 15:32–38)

2. 1UEBJotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah; she was the daughter of Zadok.BSBBSB: Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
3. 2UEBHe did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, following the example of his father, Uzziah, in everything. He also refrained from going into the temple of Yahweh. But the people were still behaving in evil ways.BSBBSB: And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
4. 3UEBHe built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and on the hill of Ophel he built much.BSBBSB: Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
5. 4UEBMoreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.BSBBSB: He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
6. 5UEBHe fought also with the king of the people of Ammon and defeated them. In that same year, the people of Ammon gave him one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand measures of wheat, ten thousand measures of barley. The people of Ammon gave him the same in the second and third years.BSBBSB: Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.
7. 6UEBSo Jotham became powerful because he walked firmly before Yahweh his God.BSBBSB: So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
8. 7UEBAs for the other matters concerning Jotham, all his wars, and his ways, see, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.BSBBSB: As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
9. 8UEBHe was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.BSBBSB: He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
10. 9UEBJotham slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. Ahaz, his son, became king in his place.BSBBSB: And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

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