CHAP. XXVII.
1 Iothám reigned, and ouereōmeth the Ammonites. 8 His reigne & death. 9 Aház his sonne reigneth in his stead.
1 IOthán* (was) fyue & twētie yere olde whē* 1.1 he began to reigne, and reigned sixtene yere in Ierusalém, and his mothers name was Ierusháh the daughter of Zadok.
2 And he did vprighthly in the sight of the Lord acording to all that his father Vzziáh did, saue that he entred not into thea 1.2 Tem∣ple of the Lord, & the people did yetb 1.3 cor∣rupt (their waies)
3 He 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the hyec 1.4 gate of the house of the Lord, and he buylt very muche on the wall of the castel.
4 Moreouer he buylt cities in the moūtaines of Iudáh, and in the forests he buylt palaces and towres.
5 And he foght with the King of the children of Ammón, and preuailed against them. And the children of Ammón gaue him the same yere an hundreth talēts of siluer, & ten thou sand” 1.5 measures of wheat, and ten thousād of barly: this did the children of Ammón gi∣ue him“ 1.6 bothe in the secódyete & the third.
6 So Iothám became migthied 1.7 because he di rected his way before the Lord his God.
7 Concerning the rest of the actes of Iothám, and all his warres and his wayes, lo, they are writen in the boke of the Kings of Isráel and Iudáh.
8 He was fyue and twentie yere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned sixtene yere in Ierusalém.
9 And Iothám slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid: & Aház his sonne reigned in his stead.