< 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 when he became king, and he reigned in for 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.
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 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 Lord's Temple, and did extensive building work on the wall at Ophel.
4 and he has built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and he has built palaces and towers in the forests.
He built towns in the hill country of Judah, and fortresses and towers in the mountains and 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 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 And Jotham strengthens himself, for he has prepared his ways before his God YHWH.
Jotham grew powerful because he made sure what he did followed the ways of 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.
The rest of what Jotham did, his wars and other events, were 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 when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for 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.
Jotham died and was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz took over as king.