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        <div class="chapter ch27" data-usfm="2CH.27">
            <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jotham King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother&#8217;s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He did what was right in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, just as his father Uzziah had done, but unlike him he did not enter the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. The people, however, continued their corrupt practices. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and did extensive work on the wall at the hill of Ophel. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He built towns in the hill country of Judah and forts and towers in the wooded areas.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and conquered them. That year the Ammonites paid him a hundred talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver, ten thousand cors</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 1,800 tons or about 1,600 metric tons of wheat</span></span></span><span class="content"> of wheat and ten thousand cors</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 1,500 tons or about 1,350 metric tons of barley</span></span></span><span class="content"> of barley. The Ammonites brought him the same amount also in the second and third years.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The other events in Jotham&#8217;s reign, including all his wars and the other things he did, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch15" data-usfm="2KI.15.32+2KI.15.33+2KI.15.34+2KI.15.35+2KI.15.36">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2KI.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2KI.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother&#8217;s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2KI.15.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He did what was right in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, just as his father Uzziah had done. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2KI.15.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2KI.15.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="2KI.15.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">As for the other events of Jotham&#8217;s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="MIC.1">
            <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Micah of Moresheth during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah&#8212;the vision he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear, you peoples, all of you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.1.2"><span class="content">listen, earth and all who live in it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.1.2"><span class="content">that the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> may bear witness against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.1.2"><span class="content">the Lord from his holy temple.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment Against Samaria and Jerusalem</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Look! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming from his dwelling place;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.1.3"><span class="content">he comes down and treads on the heights of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The mountains melt beneath him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.1.4"><span class="content">and the valleys split apart,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.1.4"><span class="content">like wax before the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.1.4"><span class="content">like water rushing down a slope.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All this is because of Jacob&#8217;s transgression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"><span class="content">because of the sins of the people of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"><span class="content">What is Jacob&#8217;s transgression?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"><span class="content">Is it not Samaria?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"><span class="content">What is Judah&#8217;s high place?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"><span class="content">Is it not Jerusalem?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.1.6"><span class="content">a place for planting vineyards.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.1.6"><span class="content">I will pour her stones into the valley</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.1.6"><span class="content">and lay bare her foundations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All her idols will be broken to pieces;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.1.7"><span class="content">all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.1.7"><span class="content">I will destroy all her images.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.1.7"><span class="content">Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.1.7"><span class="content">as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Weeping and Mourning</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Because of this I will weep and wail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.1.8"><span class="content">I will go about barefoot and naked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.1.8"><span class="content">I will howl like a jackal</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.1.8"><span class="content">and moan like an owl.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For Samaria&#8217;s plague is incurable;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.1.9"><span class="content">it has spread to Judah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.1.9"><span class="content">It has reached the very gate of my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.1.9"><span class="content">even to Jerusalem itself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Tell it not in Gath</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:10 </span><span class="fq">Gath </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">tell</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.1.10"><span class="content">weep not at all.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.1.10"><span class="content">In Beth Ophrah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:10 </span><span class="fq">Beth Ophrah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">house of dust.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.1.10"><span class="content">roll in the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Pass by naked and in shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"><span class="content">you who live in Shaphir.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="fq">Shaphir </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">pleasant.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"><span class="content">Those who live in Zaanan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="fq">Zaanan </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">come out</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"><span class="content">will not come out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"><span class="content">Beth Ezel is in mourning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"><span class="content">it no longer protects you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Those who live in Maroth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="fq">Maroth </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fqa">bitter.</span></span></span><span class="content"> writhe in pain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.1.12"><span class="content">waiting for relief,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.1.12"><span class="content">because disaster has come from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.1.12"><span class="content">even to the gate of Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You who live in Lachish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.1.13"><span class="content">harness fast horses to the chariot.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.1.13"><span class="content">You are where the sin of Daughter Zion began,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.1.13"><span class="content">for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore you will give parting gifts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.1.14"><span class="content">to Moresheth Gath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.1.14"><span class="content">The town of Akzib</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:14 </span><span class="fq">Akzib </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">deception.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will prove deceptive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.1.14"><span class="content">to the kings of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will bring a conqueror against you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.1.15"><span class="content">who live in Mareshah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="fq">Mareshah </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">conqueror</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.1.15"><span class="content">The nobles of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.1.15"><span class="content">will flee to Adullam.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Shave your head in mourning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.1.16"><span class="content">for the children in whom you delight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.1.16"><span class="content">make yourself as bald as the vulture,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.1.16"><span class="content">for they will go from you into exile.</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bk2KI">
        <div class="chapter ch15" data-usfm="2KI.15.37+2KI.15.38">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2KI.15.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">(In those days the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.) </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="2KI.15.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David, the city of his father. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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