| Holman Christian Standard Bible | King James Bible |
| 1Jotham was 25 years old when he became king and reigned 16 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok. | 1Jotham 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. |
| 2He did what was right in the LORD's sight as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he didn't enter the LORD's sanctuary, but the people still behaved corruptly. | 2And 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. |
| 3Jotham built the Upper Gate of the LORD's temple, and he built extensively on the wall of Ophel. | 3He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. |
| 4He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests. | 4Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. |
| 5He waged war against the king of the Ammonites. He overpowered the Ammonites, and that year they gave him 7,500 pounds of silver, 50,000 bushels of wheat, and 50,000 bushels of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years. | 5He 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. |
| 6So Jotham strengthened himself because he did not waver in obeying the LORD his God. | 6So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. |
| 7As for the rest of the events of Jotham's reign, along with all his wars and his ways, note that they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. | 7Now 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. |
| 8He was 25 years old when he became king and reigned 16 years in Jerusalem. | 8He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. |
| 9Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. His son Ahaz became king in his place. | 9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. |
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