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Verse 1

Jotham{H3147} was twenty{H6242} and five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} sixteen{H8337} years{H8141} in Jerusalem:{H3389} and his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Jerushah{H3388} the daughter{H1323} of Zadok.{H6659}

Verse 2

And he did{H6213} that which was right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} according to all that his father{H1} Uzziah{H5818} had done:{H6213} howbeit he entered{H935} not into the temple{H1964} of Jehovah.{H3068} And the people{H5971} did yet corruptly.{H7843}

Verse 3

He built{H1129} the upper{H5945} gate{H8179} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and on the wall{H2346} of Ophel{H6077} he built{H1129} much.{H7230}

Verse 4

Moreover he built{H1129} cities{H5892} in the hill-country{H2022} of Judah,{H3063} and in the forests{H2793} he built{H1129} castles{H1003} and towers.{H4026}

Verse 5

He fought{H3898} also with the king{H4428} of the children of Ammon,{H5984} and prevailed{H2388} against them. And the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} gave{H5414} him the same year{H8141} a hundred{H3967} talents{H3603} of silver,{H3701} and ten{H6235} thousand{H505} measures{H3734} of wheat,{H2406} and ten{H6235} thousand{H505} of barley.{H8184} So much did the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} render{H7725} unto{H2063} him, in the second{H8145} year{H8141} also, and in the third.{H7992}

Verse 6

So Jotham{H3147} became mighty,{H2388} because he ordered{H3559} his ways{H1870} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} his God.{H430}

Verse 7

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Jotham,{H3147} and all his wars,{H4421} and his ways,{H1870} behold, they are written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} and Judah.{H3063}

Verse 8

He was five{H2568} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign,{H4427} and reigned{H4427} sixteen{H8337} years{H8141} in Jerusalem.{H3389}

Verse 9

And Jotham{H3147} slept{H7901} with his fathers,{H1} and they buried{H6912} him in the city{H5892} of David:{H1732} and Ahaz{H271} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.

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