¹Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

¹Jotam var fem og tyve år da han blev konge, og regjerte seksten år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Jerusa og var datter av Sadok.

²He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: however he didn’t enter into Yahweh’s temple. The people still did corruptly.

²Han gjorde hvad rett var i Herrens øine, aldeles som hans far Ussias hadde gjort; men han gikk ikke inn i Herrens helligdom*. Men folket vedblev med å gjøre hvad ondt var. / {* 2KR 26, 16.}

³He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

³Han bygget den øvre port til Herrens hus, og på Ofel-muren bygget han meget.

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

⁴Han bygget også byer i Judafjellene, og i skogene bygget han borger og tårn.

⁵He fought also 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, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The children of Ammon gave that much to him in the second year also, and in the third.

⁵Han førte krig med Ammons barns konge og overvant dem, så at Ammons barn det år måtte gi ham hundre talenter sølv og ti tusen kor hvete og ti tusen kor bygg; det samme måtte Ammons barn gi ham også i det annet og det tredje år.

⁶So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Yahweh his God.

⁶Således blev Jotam mektig, fordi han stadig vandret for Herrens, sin Guds åsyn.

⁷Now 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.

⁷Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Jotam, om alle hans kriger og alt det han tok sig fore, det er opskrevet i boken om Israels og Judas konger.

⁸He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

⁸Han var fem og tyve år gammel da han blev konge, og regjerte seksten år i Jerusalem.

⁹Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

⁹Og Jotam la sig til hvile hos sine fedre, og de begravde ham i Davids stad; og hans sønn Akas blev konge i hans sted.