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old
בֶּן
was twenty
עֶשְׂרִ֨ים
and five
וְחָמֵ֤שׁ
years
שָׁנָ֔ה
Jotham
יוֹתָ֣ם
and he reigned
מָלַ֖ךְ
sixteen
וְשֵׁשׁ
 
עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה
years
שָׁנָ֔ה
and he reigned
מָלַ֖ךְ
in Jerusalem
בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם
name
וְשֵׁ֣ם
His mother's
אִמּ֔וֹ
also was Jerushah
יְרוּשָׁ֖ה
the daughter
בַּת
of Zadok
צָדֽוֹק׃
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And he did
עָשָׂה֙
that which was right
הַיָּשָׁ֜ר
in the sight
בְּעֵינֵ֣י
of the LORD
יְהוָ֑ה
 
כְּכֹ֤ל
 
אֲשֶׁר
And he did
עָשָׂה֙
Uzziah
עֻזִּיָּ֣הוּ
according to all that his father
אָבִ֔יו
 
רַ֕ק
 
לֹא
howbeit he entered
בָ֖א
 
אֶל
not into the temple
הֵיכַ֣ל
of the LORD
יְהוָ֑ה
 
וְע֥וֹד
And the people
הָעָ֖ם
did yet corruptly
מַשְׁחִיתִֽים׃
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ה֗וּא
He built
בָּנָ֖ה
 
אֶת
gate
שַׁ֥עַר
of the house
בֵּית
of the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה
the high
הָֽעֶלְי֑וֹן
and on the wall
וּבְחוֹמַ֥ת
of Ophel
הָעֹ֛פֶל
He built
בָּנָ֖ה
much
לָרֹֽב׃
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cities
וְעָרִ֥ים
Moreover he built
בָּנָ֔ה
in the mountains
בְּהַר
of Judah
יְהוּדָ֑ה
and in the forests
וּבֶֽחֳרָשִׁ֣ים
Moreover he built
בָּנָ֔ה
castles
בִּירָֽנִיּ֖וֹת
and towers
וּמִגְדָּלִֽים׃
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וְ֠הוּא
He fought
נִלְחַ֞ם
 
עִם
also with the king
מֶ֣לֶךְ
So much did the children
בְּנֵ֣י
of Ammon
עַמּ֔וֹן
and prevailed
וַיֶּֽחֱזַ֣ק
 
עֲלֵיהֶם֒
gave
וַיִּתְּנוּ
 
ל֨וֹ
So much did the children
בְּנֵ֣י
of Ammon
עַמּ֔וֹן
him the same year
וּבַשָּׁנָ֥ה
 
הַהִ֗יא
an hundred
מֵאָה֙
talents
כִּכַּר
of silver
כֶּ֔סֶף
and ten
עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת
thousand
אֲלָפִ֑ים
measures
כֹּרִים֙
of wheat
חִטִּ֔ים
of barley
וּשְׂעוֹרִ֖ים
and ten
עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת
thousand
אֲלָפִ֑ים
unto
זֹ֗את
pay
הֵשִׁ֤יבוּ
 
לוֹ֙
So much did the children
בְּנֵ֣י
of Ammon
עַמּ֔וֹן
him the same year
וּבַשָּׁנָ֥ה
him both the second
הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית
and the third
וְהַשְּׁלִשִֽׁית׃
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became mighty
וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֖ק
So Jotham
יוֹתָ֑ם
 
כִּ֚י
because he prepared
הֵכִ֣ין
his ways
דְּרָכָ֔יו
before
לִפְנֵ֖י
the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה
his God
אֱלֹהָֽיו׃
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Now the rest
וְיֶתֶר֙
of the acts
דִּבְרֵ֣י
of Jotham
יוֹתָ֔ם
 
וְכָל
and all his wars
מִלְחֲמֹתָ֖יו
and his ways
וּדְרָכָ֑יו
 
הִנָּ֣ם
lo they are written
כְּתוּבִ֔ים
 
עַל
in the book
סֵ֥פֶר
of the kings
מַלְכֵֽי
of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
and Judah
וִֽיהוּדָֽה׃
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old
בֶּן
and twenty
עֶשְׂרִ֧ים
He was five
וְחָמֵ֛שׁ
years
שָׁנָ֔ה
 
הָיָ֣ה
and reigned
מָלַ֖ךְ
sixteen
וְשֵׁשׁ
 
עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה
years
שָׁנָ֔ה
and reigned
מָלַ֖ךְ
in Jerusalem
בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
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slept
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
And Jotham
יוֹתָם֙
 
עִם
with his fathers
אֲבֹתָ֔יו
and they buried
וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ
 
אֹת֖וֹ
him in the city
בְּעִ֣יר
of David
דָּוִ֑יד
reigned
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
and Ahaz
אָחָ֥ז
his son
בְּנ֖וֹ
 
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃