2 Chronicles 27

1 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.

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

2 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.

And he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did; only, he hath not come in unto the temple of Jehovah; and again are the people doing corruptly.

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

He hath built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built abundantly;

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

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

5 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.

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

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

And Jotham doth strengthen himself, for he hath prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.

7 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’.

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

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

A son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;

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

and Jotham lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaz his son in his stead.