1 Jotam var fem og tyve År gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede seksten År i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Jerusja og var Datter af Zadok.

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

2 Han gjorde, hvad der var ret i HERRENs Øjne, ganske som hans Fader Uzzija havde gjort, men han gik ikke ind i HERRENs Helligdom. Men Folket gjorde fremdeles, hvad fordærveligt var.

2 He did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; however he did not enter the temple of the Lord. But the people continued acting corruptly.

3 Det var ham, der opførte Øvreporten i HERRENs Hus, og desuden byggede han meget på Ofels Mur.

3 He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and he built extensively the wall of Ophel.

4 Han opførte Byer i Judas Bjerge og Borge og Tårne i Skovene.

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

5 Han førte Krig med Ammoniternes Konge og overvandt dem, så Ammoniterne det År måtte svare ham 100 Talenter Sølv, 10.000 Kor Hvede og 10.000 Kor Byg i Skat; og lige så meget svarede Ammoniterne ham det andet og tredje År.

5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them so that the Ammonites gave him during that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second and in the third year.

6 Således blev Jotam stærk, fordi han vandrede troligt for HERREN sin Guds Åsyn.

6 So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God.

7 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Jotam, alle hans Krige og Foretagender, står jo optegnet i Bogen om Israels og Judas Konger.

7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, even all his wars and his acts, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

8 Han var fem og tyve År gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede seksten År i Jerusalem.

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

9 Så lagde Jotam sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre, og man jordede ham i Davidsbyen; oghans Søn Akazblev Konge i hans Sted. 

9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.

Det Nye Testamente 1907. Det Gamle Testamente 1931

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