2 Chronicles 27 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Jotham Succeeds Uzziah in Judah

(2Ki 15:32–38 )

2Ch 27:1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

2Ch 27:2

2Ch 27:2He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; however he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued acting corruptly.

2Ch 27:3

2Ch 27:3He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and he built extensively the wall of Ophel.

2Ch 27:4

2Ch 27:4Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills.

2Ch 27:5

2Ch 27:5He fought also with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them so that the Ammonites gave him during that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand [fn]kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second and in the third year.

2Ch 27:6

2Ch 27:6So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

2Ch 27:7

2Ch 27:7Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, even all his wars and his acts, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

2Ch 27:8

2Ch 27:8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

2Ch 27:9

2Ch 27:9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(27:5)

I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bu

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