King Jotham of Judah
(2 Kings 15.32-38)1 Jotham was 25 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. Jerushah his mother was the daughter of Zadok.
2 Jotham obeyed the Lord and did right. He followed the example of his father Uzziah, except he never burned incense in the temple as his father had done. But the people of Judah kept sinning against the Lord.
3 Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple and did a lot of work to repair the wall near Mount Ophel. 4 He built towns in the mountains of Judah and built fortresses and defense towers in the forests.
5 During his rule he attacked and defeated the Ammonites. Then every year for the next three years, he forced them to pay 3.4 tons of silver, 1,000 tons of wheat, and 1,000 tons of barley.
6 Jotham remained faithful to the Lord his God and became a very powerful king.
7 Everything else Jotham did while he was king, including the wars he fought, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 8 After he had ruled Judah 16 years, he died at the age of 41. 9 He was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Ahaz became king.
Jotāma valdīšana
(2Ķēn 15:32–38)1 Jotāms sāka valdīt divdesmit piecu gadu vecumā, viņš valdīja Jeruzālemē sešpadsmit gadus. Viņa mātes vārds bija Jerūša, Cādoka meita. 2 Viņš darīja to, kas tīkams Kungam, kā bija darījis viņa tēvs Uzijāhu, bet viņš negāja Kunga svētnīcā. Bet tauta vēl aizvien bija atkritusi. 3 Viņš uzcēla Kunga nama Augšējos vārtus un daudzas celtnes pie Ofela mūra. 4 Jūdas kalnos viņš cēla pilsētas, bet meža pakalnos viņš cēla cietokšņus un torņus. 5 Viņš karoja ar amoniešu ķēniņu un pieveica to, tāpēc amonieši togad viņam deva tūkstoš sudraba gabalus un desmittūkstoš koras kviešu, tikpat daudz amonieši viņam pienesa arī nākamajā un aiznākamajā gadā. 6 Jotāms kļuva varens, jo viņa gaitas ritēja Kunga, viņa Dieva, priekšā.
7 Pārējie Jotāma darbi, visi viņa kari un viņa gaitas – redzi, tie ir aprakstīti Israēla un Jūdas ķēniņu grāmatā! 8 Kad viņš sāka valdīt, viņam bija divdesmit pieci gadi, un viņš valdīja Jeruzālemē sešpadsmit gadus. 9 Jotāms apgūlās pie tēviem, un viņu apbedīja Dāvida pilsētā. Pēc tam sāka valdīt viņa dēls Āhāzs.
