1Jotham[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]. His mother's name[H8034] also was Jerushah[H3388], the daughter[H1323] of Zadok[H6659].
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And he did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], according to all that his father[H1]Uzziah[H5818]did[H6213]: howbeit he entered[H935] not into the temple[H1964] of the LORD[H3068]. And the people[H5971]did[H6213] yet corruptly[H7843].
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He built[H1129] the high[H5945]gate[H8179] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and on the wall[H2346] of Ophel[H6077] he built[H1129]much[H7230].
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Moreover he built[H1129]cities[H5892] in the mountains[H2022] of Judah[H3063], and in the forests[H2793] he built[H1129]castles[H1003] and towers[H4026].
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He fought[H3898] also with the king[H4428] of the Ammonites[H5984], and prevailed[H2388] against them. And the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983]gave[H5414] him the same year[H8141] an 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]pay[H7725]unto[H2063] him, both the second[H8145]year[H8141], and the third[H7992].
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So Jotham[H3147] became mighty[H2388], because he prepared[H3559] his ways[H1870]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] his God[H430].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Jotham[H3147], and all his wars[H4421], and his ways[H1870], lo, they are written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478] and Judah[H3063].
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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].
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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.