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2 Chronicles 27:1-4

1Jothamיוֹתָ֣םyo.TamH3147was twenty-fiveעֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ'es.Rim ve.cha.MeshH6242 H2568years oldבֶּן־ שָׁנָה֙ben- sha.NahH1121 H8141when he became kingבְּמָלְכ֔וֹbe.ma.le.KhoH4427,and he reignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427in Jerusalemבִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389sixteenוְשֵׁשׁ־ עֶשְׂרֵ֣הve.shesh- 'es.RehH8337 H6240yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141.His mother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034was Jerushahיְרוּשָׁ֖הye.ru.ShahH3388daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Zadokצָדֽוֹק׃tza.DokH6659.

2And he didוַיַּ֨עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213what wasrightהַיָּשָׁ֜רhai.ya.SharH3477in the eyesבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of the LORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,just asכְּכֹ֤לke.KholH3605אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834his fatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1Uzziahעֻזִּיָּ֣הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huH5818had doneעָשָׂה֙'a.SahH6213.In additionרַ֕קrakH7535,he did notלֹא־lo'-H3808enterבָ֖א אֶל־va' 'el-H935 H413the templeהֵיכַ֣לhei.KhalH1964of the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068.But the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971stillוְע֥וֹדve.'odH5750behaved corruptlyמַשְׁחִיתִֽים׃mash.chi.TimH7843.

3Jothamה֗וּאHu'H1931rebuiltבָּנָ֛הba.NahH1129אֶת־'et-H853the Upperהָעֶלְי֑וֹןha.'el.YonH5945Gateשַׁ֥עַרSha.'arH8179of the houseבֵּית־beit-H1004of the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,and he workedבָּנָ֖הba.NahH1129extensivelyלָרֹֽב׃la.RoH7230on the wallוּבְחוֹמַ֥תu.ve.cho.MatH2346at the hill of Ophelהָעֹ֛פֶלha.'O.felH6077.

4He also builtבָּנָ֖הba.NahH1129citiesוְעָרִ֥יםve.'a.RimH5892in the hill countryבְּהַר־be.har-H2022of Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063and fortressesבִּֽירָנִיּ֖וֹתbi.ra.ni.YotH1003and towersוּמִגְדָּלִֽים׃u.mig.da.LimH4026in the forestsוּבֶחֳרָשִׁ֣ים בָּנָ֔הu.ve.cho.ra.Shim ba.NahH2793 H1129.

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