But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there. He rebuilt the upper gate of the Temple of the Lord.

只是邱坛还没有废去，百姓仍在那里献祭烧香。约坦建立耶和华殿的上门。

只是丘坛还没有废去，百姓仍在丘坛献祭烧香。约坦建了耶和华殿的上门。

只是丘坛还没有废去，百姓仍在丘坛献祭烧香。约坦建了耶和华殿的上门。

但没有拆毁丘坛，人们仍在那里献祭烧香。他执政期间，曾建造耶和华殿的上门。

只是他没有把邱坛废去，国民仍在邱坛献祭焚香。他就是那建造耶和华殿的上门的。

只是邱壇還沒有廢去，百姓仍在那裏獻祭燒香。約坦建立耶和華殿的上門。

只是丘壇還沒有廢去，百姓仍在丘壇獻祭燒香。約坦建了耶和華殿的上門。

只是丘壇還沒有廢去，百姓仍在丘壇獻祭燒香。約坦建了耶和華殿的上門。

但沒有拆毀邱壇，人們仍在那裡獻祭燒香。他執政期間，曾建造耶和華殿的上門。

只是他沒有把邱壇廢去，國民仍在邱壇獻祭焚香。他就是那建造耶和華殿的上門的。

但邱壇還沒有廢去；人民仍在邱壇上宰牲燻祭。永恆主之殿的上門是約坦建立的。

惟崇邱未廢、民仍獻祭焚香於其上、約坦建耶和華室之上門、

惟崇坵猶不廢、民仍獻祭焚香於其上、約擔建耶和華殿之崇門。

惟邱壇尚未廢、民仍於邱壇獻祭焚香、約坦建主殿之崇門、崇門或作上門

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 Lord.

But the high places weren’t removed. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the Lord’ s temple.

Nevertheless, the high places were not removed. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. Jotham built the Upper Gate of the LORD’s temple.

Only the high places were not eliminated; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.

However the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate of the house of the Lord.

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple.

Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the LORD’s temple.

However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of Yahweh’s house.

Then the commanders, nobles, rulers, and all the people of the land escorted the king from the Temple of the Lord. They went through the upper gate and into the palace, and they seated the king on the royal throne.

Yet even so, he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

Jotham rebuilt the upper gate of the Temple of the Lord. He also did extensive rebuilding on the wall at the hill of Ophel.He built towns in the hill country of Judah and constructed fortresses and towers in the wooded areas.Jotham went to war against the Ammonites and conquered them. Over the next three years he received from them an annual tribute of 7,500 pounds of silver, 50,000 bushels of wheat, and 50,000 bushels of barley.King Jotham became powerful because he was careful to live in obedience to the Lord his God.The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including all his wars and other activities, are recorded in The Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.He was twenty five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.When Jotham died, he was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz became the next king.

He removed the pagan shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had been offering sacrifices to it. The bronze serpent was called Nehushtan.

Don’t you realize that Hezekiah is the very person who destroyed all the Lord’s shrines and altars? He commanded Judah and Jerusalem to worship only at the altar at the Temple and to offer sacrifices on it alone.

But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.