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 25 years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His mother was Jerushah, the daughter of [the priest] 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.

Jotham did many things that pleased Yahweh like his father Uzziah did. He obeyed Yahweh and did things that are right. He did many things that his father Uzziah had done, but he did not burn incense in the temple, like his father had done. However, the people of Judah continued to sin against Yahweh.

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

Jotham’s [workers] rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple, and they did a lot of work to repair the wall near Ophel [Hill].

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

They built towns in the hills of Judah, and they built forts and defense 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.

During the time that Jotham was the king of Judah, his army attacked and defeated the army of the Ammon people-group. Then, every year during the next three years, he required the Anmon people-group to pay to him four tons of silver, 60,000 bushels of wheat, and 60,000 bushels of barley.

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

Jotham faithfully obeyed Yahweh his God, and as a result he became a very powerful king.

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.

A record of everything else that Jotham did during the time that he was the king, including the wars that his army fought, is written in the scroll called ‘[the History 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;

After Jotham had ruled Judah for 16 years, he died when he was 41 years old.

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

He was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Ahaz became the king [of Judah].