2 Chronicles 27

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

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

2 And he does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his father Uzziah did; only, he has not come into the temple of YHWH; and again the people are doing corruptly.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

3 He has built the Upper Gate of the house of YHWH, and in the wall of Ophel he has built abundantly;

Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.

4 and he has built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and he has built palaces and towers in the forests.

He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

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

Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

6 And Jotham strengthens himself, for he has prepared his ways before his God YHWH.

So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

7 And the rest of the matters of Jotham, and all his battles, and his ways, behold, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.

As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

8 He was a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and he has reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem;

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

9 and Jotham lies with his fathers, and they bury him in the City of David, and his son Ahaz reigns in his stead.

And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.