< 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.
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 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.
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 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 built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and he built much in the wall of Opel.
4 Moreover he built cities in the mountain of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
In the mountain of Juda, and in the woods, [he built] both dwelling-places and towers.
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 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 So Jotham became strong; because he directed his ways before the Lord his God.
Joatham grew strong, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.
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.
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 Five and twenty years old was he when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem.
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 Joatham slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.