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1 Chronicles 14

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¹ Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

² He did right in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that his father Uzziah had done; however, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued behaving corruptly.

³ He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and did extensive building on the wall of Ophel.

⁴ Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.

⁵ He also fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them. As a result the Ammonites gave him during that year a hundred talents of silver and ten thousand measures each of wheat and of barley. The Ammonites also paid him that much in the second year and third year.

⁶ So Jotham grew powerful, because he directed his ways before the LORD his God.

⁷ 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.

⁸ He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.

⁹ And Jotham slept with his fathers [in death], and they buried him in the City of David. Ahaz his son became king in his place.

¹⁰ Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do right in the sight of the LORD, as his father (forefather) David had done.

¹¹ Instead he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made cast images for the Baals.

¹² And he burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and burned his sons [as an offering], in accordance with the repulsive acts of the [pagan] nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons (descendants) of Israel.

¹³ He also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places [of pagan worship], on the hills and under every green tree.

¹⁴ Therefore the LORD his God handed over Ahaz to the king of Aram (Syria), who defeated him and led away a great number [of the people] as captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also handed over to the king of Israel, who struck Judah with a great slaughter.

¹⁵ For Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in Judah in one day, all courageous men, because they had abandoned (turned away from) the LORD God of their fathers.

¹⁶ And Zichri, a warrior of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah, who was second [in power] to the king.

¹⁷ And the sons of Israel led away captive 200,000 of their kinsmen [of Judah]—women, sons, and daughters—and they also took a great quantity of spoil from them and brought it to Samaria.

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1	Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
2	He did right in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that his father Uzziah had done; however, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued behaving corruptly.
3	He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and did extensive building on the wall of Ophel.
4	Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.
5	He also fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them. As a result the Ammonites gave him during that year a hundred talents of silver and ten thousand measures each of wheat and of barley. The Ammonites also paid him that much in the second year and third year.
6	So Jotham grew powerful, because he directed his ways before the LORD his God.
7	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.
8	He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9	And Jotham slept with his fathers [in death], and they buried him in the City of David. Ahaz his son became king in his place.
10	Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do right in the sight of the LORD, as his father (forefather) David had done.
11	Instead he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made cast images for the Baals.
12	And he burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and burned his sons [as an offering], in accordance with the repulsive acts of the [pagan] nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons (descendants) of Israel.
13	He also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places [of pagan worship], on the hills and under every green tree.
14	Therefore the LORD his God handed over Ahaz to the king of Aram (Syria), who defeated him and led away a great number [of the people] as captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also handed over to the king of Israel, who struck Judah with a great slaughter.
15	For Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in Judah in one day, all courageous men, because they had abandoned (turned away from) the LORD God of their fathers.
16	And Zichri, a warrior of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah, who was second [in power] to the king.
17	And the sons of Israel led away captive 200,000 of their kinsmen [of Judah]—women, sons, and daughters—and they also took a great quantity of spoil from them and brought it to Samaria.

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