犹大王约坦

27 约坦二十五岁登基,在耶路撒冷执政十六年。他母亲叫耶路莎,是撒督的女儿。 约坦效法他父亲乌西雅,做耶和华视为正的事,只是没有进耶和华的殿。民众仍继续败坏。 约坦建造耶和华殿的上门,大力修建俄斐勒的城墙。 他还在犹大山区建造城邑,在树林中建造营寨和瞭望塔。 他与亚扪人的王交战,打败了他们。在以后的三年中,亚扪人每年进贡三点四吨银子、小麦和大麦各二百二十万公升。 约坦日渐强盛,因为他坚守他的上帝耶和华的道。 约坦其他的事迹、所有战事和作为都记在以色列和犹大的列王史上。 他二十五岁登基,在耶路撒冷执政十六年。 约坦与祖先同眠后,葬在大卫城。他儿子亚哈斯继位。

King Jotham of Judah(A)

27 Jotham became king at the age of twenty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. His mother was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. He did what was pleasing to the Lord, just as his father had done; but unlike his father he did not sin by burning incense[a] in the Temple. The people, however, went on sinning.

It was Jotham who built the North Gate of the Temple and did extensive work on the city wall in the area of Jerusalem called Ophel. In the mountains of Judah he built cities, and in the forests he built forts and towers. He fought against the king of Ammon and his army and defeated them. Then he forced the Ammonites to pay him the following tribute each year for three years: four tons of silver, fifty thousand bushels of wheat, and fifty thousand bushels of barley. Jotham grew powerful because he faithfully obeyed the Lord his God. The other events of Jotham's reign, his wars, and his policies, are all recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. He died and was buried in David's City and his son Ahaz succeeded him as king.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 27:2 he did not sin by burning incense; or he did not take part in the worship.

Jotham Reigns in Judah(A)

27 Jotham (B)was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was [a]Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done (although he did not enter the temple of the Lord). But still (C)the people acted corruptly.

He built the Upper Gate of the house of the Lord, and he built extensively on the wall of (D)Ophel. Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers. He also fought with the king of the (E)Ammonites and defeated them. And the people of Ammon gave him in that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The people of Ammon paid this to him in the second and third years also. So Jotham became mighty, (F)because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. (G)So Jotham [b]rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then (H)Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 27:1 Jerusha, 2 Kin. 15:33
  2. 2 Chronicles 27:9 Died and joined his ancestors