1 Jotham|strong="H3147" was|strong="H8034" twenty|strong="H6242" and|strong="H1121" five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" began to|strong="H3389" reign|strong="H4427"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" reigned|strong="H4427" sixteen|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389": and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3147" mother’s name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jerushah|strong="H3388" the|strong="H6659" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659".
2 And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971" which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", according to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3605" father Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213": howbeit|strong="H7535" he|strong="H6213" entered not|strong="H3808" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1964" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" did|strong="H6213" yet|strong="H5750" corruptly|strong="H7843".
3 He|strong="H1931" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" upper|strong="H5945" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1004" Ophel|strong="H6077" he|strong="H1931" built|strong="H1129" much|strong="H7230".
4 Moreover he|strong="H3063" built|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1129" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1129" forests|strong="H2793" he|strong="H3063" built|strong="H1129" castles|strong="H1003" and|strong="H3063" towers|strong="H4026".
5 He|strong="H1931" fought|strong="H3898" also|strong="H4428" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H3967" prevailed|strong="H2388" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414". And|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H1931" year|strong="H8141" an|strong="H5414" hundred|strong="H3967" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" ten|strong="H6235" thousand measures|strong="H3734" of|strong="H1121" wheat|strong="H2406", and|strong="H3967" ten|strong="H6235" thousand of|strong="H1121" barley|strong="H8184". So|strong="H5414" much|strong="H5921" did|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" render|strong="H7725" unto|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5921" second|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141" also|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3967" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992".
6 So|strong="H3588" Jotham|strong="H3147" became|strong="H2388" mighty|strong="H2388", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" ordered|strong="H3559" his|strong="H3068" ways|strong="H1870" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068".
7 Now|strong="H2005" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jotham|strong="H3147", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" wars|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870", behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063".
8 He|strong="H2568" was|strong="H1961" five|strong="H2568" and|strong="H1121" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" sixteen|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
9 And|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5892" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H8478" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732": and|strong="H1121" Ahaz his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" stead|strong="H8478".