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
2 Chronicles 27
1599 Geneva Bible
27 1 Jotham reigned, and overcometh the Ammonites. 8 His reign and death. 9 Ahaz his son reigneth in his stead.
1 Jotham (A)was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
2 And he did uprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah did, save that he entered not into the [a]Temple of the Lord, and the people did yet [b]corrupt their ways.
3 He built the high [c]gate of the house of the Lord, and he built very much on the wall of the castle.
4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built palaces and towers.
5 And he fought with the kings of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand [d]measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley: this did the children of Ammon give him [e]both in the second year and the third.
6 So Jotham became mighty, [f]because he directed his way before the Lord his God.
7 Concerning the rest of the acts of Jotham and all his wars and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the Kings of Israel, and Judah.
8 He was five and twenty years old, when he began to reign, and 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 reigned in his stead.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 27:2 To wit, to offer incense against the word of God, which thing is spoken in the commendation of Jotham.
- 2 Chronicles 27:2 They were not clean purged from idolatry.
- 2 Chronicles 27:3 Which was sixscore cubits high, and was for the height called Ophel: it was at the East gate, and mention is made of it, 2 Chron. 3:4.
- 2 Chronicles 27:5 Hebrew, Corim.
- 2 Chronicles 27:5 Or, yearly.
- 2 Chronicles 27:6 He showeth that all prosperity cometh of God, who never faileth when we put our trust in him.
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