Divrey Hayamim Bais 27
Orthodox Jewish Bible
27 Yotam was twenty and five shanah when he began to reign, and he was king sixteen shanah in Yerushalayim. The shem immo also was Yerushah bat Tzadok.
2 And he did that which was yashar (right) in the eyes of Hashem, according to all that his av Uziyah did; howbeit he entered not into the Heikhal Hashem. And the people did corruptly still.
3 He built the upper sha’ar Beis Hashem, and on the chomat Ophel he built much.
4 Moreover he built towns in the har Yehudah, and in the forests he built fortresses and migdalim.
5 He fought also with Melech Bnei Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the Bnei Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of kesef, and ten thousand measures of chittim (wheat), and ten thousand of se’orim (barley). The Bnei Ammon did pay this amount unto him, both the second year, and the third.
6 So Yotam became mighty, because he made the darkhei Yotam steadfast before Hashem Elohav.
7 Now the rest of the divrei Yotam, and all his milchamot, and his ways, lo, they are written in the sefer of the melachim of Yisroel and Yehudah.
8 He was five and twenty shanah when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen shanah in Yerushalayim.
9 And Yotam slept with his avot, and they buried him in Ir Dovid; and Achaz bno reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 27
New American Standard Bible 1995
Jotham Succeeds Uzziah in Judah
27 (A)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. 2 He did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; (B)however he did not enter the temple of the Lord. But the people continued acting corruptly. 3 He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and he built extensively the wall of (C)Ophel. 4 Moreover, he built (D)cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills. 5 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 [a]kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second and in the third year. 6 (E)So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God. 7 (F)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. 8 He was (G)twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 27:5 I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bu
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