约坦做犹大王

32 利玛利的儿子以色列王比加执政第二年,犹大王乌西雅的儿子约坦登基。 33 他二十五岁登基,在耶路撒冷执政十六年。他母亲叫耶路莎,是撒督的女儿。 34 约坦效法他父亲乌西雅,做耶和华视为正的事, 35 但没有拆毁丘坛,人们仍在那里献祭烧香。他执政期间,曾建造耶和华殿的上门。 36 约坦其他的事及作为都记在犹大的列王史上。 37 那时,耶和华差遣亚兰王利汛和利玛利的儿子比加攻打犹大。 38 约坦与祖先同眠后,葬在大卫城他的祖坟里。他儿子亚哈斯继位。

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32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the Lord.

36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

37 In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

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