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 when he became king, and he reigned in for Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother's name was Jerushah, 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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Jotham grew powerful because he made sure what he did followed the ways of 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.

The rest of what Jotham did, his wars and other events, were written 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 when he became king, and he reigned 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.

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