2 Chronicles 27 :: New English Translation (NET)

Jotham Succeeds Uzziah in Judah

(2Ki 15:32–38 )

2Ch 27:1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

2Ch 27:2

2Ch 27:2He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) Yet the people were still sinning.

2Ch 27:3

2Ch 27:3He built the Upper Gate to the LORD's temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel.

2Ch 27:4

2Ch 27:4He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

2Ch 27:5

2Ch 27:5He launched a military campaign against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him 100 talents of silver, 10,000 kors of wheat, and 10,000 kors of barley. The Ammonites also paid this same amount of annual tribute the next two years.

2Ch 27:6

2Ch 27:6Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to please the LORD his God.

2Ch 27:7

2Ch 27:7The rest of the events of Jotham's reign, including all his military campaigns and his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.

2Ch 27:8

2Ch 27:8He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.

2Ch 27:9

2Ch 27:9Jotham passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king.

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Jotham Succeeds Uzziah in Judah

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