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.

A son of twenty and five years [is] Jotham in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

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 doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did; only, he hath not come in unto the temple of Jehovah; and again are the people doing corruptly.

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

He hath built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built abundantly;

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

and cities he hath built in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he hath built palaces 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.

And he hath fought with the king of the sons of Ammon, and prevaileth over them, and the sons of Ammon give to him in that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat, and of barley ten thousand; this have the sons of Ammon returned to him both in the second year, and in the third.

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

And Jotham doth strengthen himself, for he hath prepared his ways before Jehovah 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 matters of Jotham, and all his battles, and his ways, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

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

A son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;

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

and Jotham lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaz his son in his stead.