2 Chronicles 27

1 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.

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

2 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.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Ozias did: but he went not into the temple of the Lord. And still the people corrupted themselves.

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

He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and he built much in the wall of Opel.

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

In the mountain of Juda, and in the woods, [he built] both dwelling-places and towers.

5 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.

He fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against him: and the children of Ammon gave him even annually a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. These the king of the children of Ammon brought to him annually in the first and second and third years.

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

Joatham grew strong, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.

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

And the rest of the acts of Joatham, and his war, and his deeds, behold, [they are] written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.

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

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

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