2 Chronicles 27

1 Joatham was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jerusa the daughter of Sadoc.

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 that which was right before the Lord, according to all that Ozias his father had done, only that he entered not into the temple of the Lord, and the people still transgressed.

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 He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

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

4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Juda, and castles and towers in the forests.

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

5 Ho fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and overcame them, and the children of Ammon gave him at that time a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and as many measures of barley: so much did the children of Ammon give him in the second and third year.

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 And Joatham was strengthened, because he had his way directed before the Lord his God.

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

7 Now the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all his wars, and his works, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Juda.

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 five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

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

9 And Joatham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.

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