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2 Chronicles 27
Jotham's reign gets only nine verses, and the Chronicler frames it as a deliberate contrast with his father. He does right, builds the upper gate of the temple and much on the wall of Ophel, raises fortresses in the forests, and subdues Ammon for three years of heavy tribute in silver, wheat, and barley. Note the pointed clause in verse 2: unlike Uzziah, "he didn't enter into the LORD's temple." The one line that ruined his father becomes the one line that safeguards the son.
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Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
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He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that his father Uzziah had done. However he didn’t enter into the LORD’s temple. The people still acted corruptly.
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He built the upper gate of the LORD’s house, and he built much on the wall of Ophel.
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Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.
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He also fought with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. The children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. The children of Ammon also gave that much to him in the second year, and in the third.
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So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
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Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
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Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
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Jotão tinha vinte e cinco anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezesseis anos em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe era Jerusa, filha de Zadoque.
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Ele fez o que era reto aos olhos do SENHOR, de acordo com tudo o que seu pai Uzias tinha feito. No entanto, ele não entrou no templo do SENHOR. O povo ainda agia corruptamente.
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Ele construiu a porta superior da casa do SENHOR, e construiu muito no muro de Ofel.
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Além disso, ele construiu cidades na região montanhosa de Judá, e nas florestas construiu fortalezas e torres.
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Ele também lutou contra o rei dos filhos de Amom, e prevaleceu contra eles. Os filhos de Amom lhe deram naquele mesmo ano cem talentos de prata, dez mil coros de trigo, e dez mil coros de cevada. Os filhos de Amom também lhe deram essa mesma quantidade no segundo ano, e no terceiro.
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Assim Jotão se tornou poderoso, porque dirigiu os seus caminhos perante o SENHOR, seu Deus.
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Ora, o restante dos atos de Jotão, e todas as suas guerras e os seus caminhos, eis que estão escritos no livro dos reis de Israel e de Judá.
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Ele tinha vinte e cinco anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezesseis anos em Jerusalém.
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Jotão dormiu com seus pais, e o sepultaram na cidade de Davi; e Acaz, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.
A short reign summarized by restraint
The verdict of verse 6 is unusually clean: Jotham became mighty "because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God." No downfall follows, which is rare in this stretch of kings, though the narrator quietly adds that the people still acted corruptly.
Placed between leprous Uzziah and idolatrous Ahaz, this brief, stable reign works as a pause between two cautionary tales, showing what steady faithfulness looks like before the book plunges into Judah's worst king.
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