| New Living Translation | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. | 1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok. |
| 2Jotham did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight. He did everything his father, Uzziah, had done, except that Jotham did not sin by entering the Temple of the LORD. But the people continued in their corrupt ways. | 2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly. |
| 3Jotham rebuilt the upper gate of the Temple of the LORD. He also did extensive rebuilding on the wall at the hill of Ophel. | 3Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel. |
| 4He built towns in the hill country of Judah and constructed fortresses and towers in the wooded areas. | 4He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests. |
| 5Jotham went to war against the Ammonites and conquered them. Over the next three years he received from them an annual tribute of 7,500 pounds of silver, 50,000 bushels of wheat, and 50,000 bushels of barley. | 5Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years. |
| 6King Jotham became powerful because he was careful to live in obedience to the LORD his God. | 6So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. |
| 7The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including all his wars and other activities, are recorded in The Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. | 7As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. |
| 8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. | 8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. |
| 9When Jotham died, he was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz became the next king. | 9And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place. |
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