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Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. Explain This Verse
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And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord. And the people did yet corruptly. Explain This Verse
3.
He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. Explain This Verse
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Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. Explain This Verse
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He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. Explain This Verse
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So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God. Explain This Verse
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Now 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. Explain This Verse
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He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. Explain This Verse
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And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. Explain This Verse