2 Chronicles 27

1 Twenty and five years old was Jotham when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Yerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; and his mother's name was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

2 And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that his father 'Uzziyahu had done: only he entered not into the temple of the Lord. But the people acted still corruptly.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done; but he did not go into the Temple of the Lord. And the people still went on in their evil ways.

3 He it was that built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of the hill-fort he built much.

He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.

4 Moreover he built cities in the mountain of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.

5 And he likewise fought with the king of the sons of 'Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of 'Ammon gave him in that same year one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of 'Ammon pay unto him again, both in the second year, and in the third.

He went to war with the king of the children of Ammon and overcame them. That year, the children of Ammon gave him a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of grain and ten thousand measures of barley. And the children of Ammon gave him the same amount the second year and the third.

6 So Jotham became strong; because he directed his ways before the Lord his God.

So Jotham became strong, because in all his ways he made the Lord his guide.

7 And the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

8 Five and twenty years old was he when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem.

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

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

And Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in the town of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.