- 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.
- He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; however he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued acting corruptly.
- He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and he built extensively the wall of Ophel.
- Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills.
- 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 kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second and in the third year.
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- 约坦登基的时候年二十五岁,在耶路撒冷作王十六年,他母亲名叫耶路沙,是撒督的女儿。
- 约坦行耶和华眼中看为正的事,效法他父乌西雅一切所行的,只是不入耶和华的殿。百姓还行邪僻的事。
- 约坦建立耶和华殿的上门,在俄斐勒城上多有建造,
- 又在犹大山地建造城邑,在树林中建筑营寨和高楼。
- 约坦与亚扪人的王打仗胜了他们,当年他们进贡银一百他连得,小麦一万歌珥,大麦一万歌珥。第二年,第三年也是这样。
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