< Chronicles II 27 >

1 Joatham [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Jerusa, daughter of Sadoc.
A son of twenty and five years [is] Jotham in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Ozias did: but he went not into the temple of the Lord. And still the people corrupted themselves.
And he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did; only, he hath not come in unto the temple of Jehovah; and again are the people doing corruptly.
3 He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and he built much in the wall of Opel.
He hath built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built abundantly;
4 In the mountain of Juda, and in the woods, [he built] both dwelling-places and towers.
and cities he hath built in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he hath built palaces and towers.
5 He fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against him: and the children of Ammon gave him even annually a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. These the king of the children of Ammon brought to him annually in the first and second and third years.
And he hath fought with the king of the sons of Ammon, and prevaileth over them, and the sons of Ammon give to him in that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat, and of barley ten thousand; this have the sons of Ammon returned to him both in the second year, and in the third.
6 Joatham grew strong, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.
And Jotham doth strengthen himself, for he hath prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.
7 And the rest of the acts of Joatham, and his war, and his deeds, behold, [they are] written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.
And the rest of the matters of Jotham, and all his battles, and his ways, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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A son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
9 And Joatham slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.
and Jotham lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaz his son in his stead.

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