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Jotham
Succeeds Uzziah in Judah |
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| 2 Chronicles 27:1 |
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Jotham 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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 27:2 |
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He 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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 27:3 |
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He built the upper gate of the house of the
LORD, and he built extensively the wall of Ophel. |
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| 2 Chronicles 27:4 |
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Moreover, he built cities in the hill country
of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills. |
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| 2 Chronicles 27:5 |
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He 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 kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The
Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second and in the third year. |
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| 2 Chronicles 27:6 |
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So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his
ways before the LORD his God. |
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| 2 Chronicles 27:7 |
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Now 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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 27:8 |
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He was twenty-five years old when he became
king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. |
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| 2 Chronicles 27:9 |
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And 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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