2 Chronicles 27 27 2 Chronicles The kings of Judah Russian Literal Text 1 GLT A son of 25 years was Jotham when he became king. And 16 years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. BSB BSB: 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.
2 GLT And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that Uzziah his father did, except he did not go into the temple of Yahweh. And yet the people were acting corruptly. BSB BSB: 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.
3 GLT He himself built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and on the wall of Ophel he built in abundance. BSB BSB: Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
4 GLT And cities he built in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers. BSB BSB: He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
5 GLT And he himself fought with the king of the sons of Ammon, and he was strong over them. And the sons of Ammon gave to him in that year 100 talents of silver, 10, 000 kors of wheat, and 10, 000 barley. This the sons of Ammon brought back to him, and in the second year and the third. BSB BSB: 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.
6 GLT And Jotham strengthened himself for he established his ways before Yahweh his God. BSB BSB: So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
7 GLT And the remainder of the matters of Jotham, and all his battles and his ways, behold, they are written on the scroll of the king of Israel and Judah. BSB BSB: 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.
8 GLT A son of 25 years he was when he became king; and 16 years he reigned in Jerusalem. BSB BSB: He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
9 GLT And Jotham laid down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Ahaz his son reigned in his place. BSB BSB: 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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