2 Chronicles 27

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

Jotham was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in for Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother's name was Jerushah, daughter of Zadok.

2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

He did what was right in the Lord's sight as his father Uzziah had done, and he did not enter the Lord's Temple as his father had. But the people still acted corruptly.

3 Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.

Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the Lord's Temple, and did extensive building work on the wall at Ophel.

4 He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

He built towns in the hill country of Judah, and fortresses and towers in the mountains and forests.

5 Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

Jotham fought with the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. The Ammonites gave him every year for three years one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand of barley.

6 So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

Jotham grew powerful because he made sure what he did followed the ways of the Lord his God.

7 As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

The rest of what Jotham did, his wars and other events, were written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

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

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

9 And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

Jotham died and was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz took over as king.