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| 2nd-Chronicles 27:1 | Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. | Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; and his mother's name was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. |
| 2nd-Chronicles 27:2 | He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: however he didn't enter into the temple of Yahweh. The people did yet corruptly. | He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done; but he did not go into the Temple of the Lord. And the people still went on in their evil ways. |
| 2nd-Chronicles 27:3 | He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. | He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel. |
| 2nd-Chronicles 27:4 | Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. | In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands. |
| 2nd-Chronicles 27:5 | He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. The children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render to him, in the second year also, and in the third. | He went to war with the king of the children of Ammon and overcame them. That year, the children of Ammon gave him a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of grain and ten thousand measures of barley. And the children of Ammon gave him the same amount the second year and the third. |
| 2nd-Chronicles 27:6 | So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Yahweh his God. | So Jotham became strong, because in all his ways he made the Lord his guide. |
| 2nd-Chronicles 27:7 | Now 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. | Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. |
| 2nd-Chronicles 27:8 | He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. | He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years. |
| 2nd-Chronicles 27:9 | Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place. | And Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in the town of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place. |
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