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 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.

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 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.

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 on the wall of Ophel he built much.

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

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

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.

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.

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

And Joatham was strengthened, because he had his way directed 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.

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.

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

He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years 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 they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.