2 Chronicles 27

¹ 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 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done, except that he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued their corrupt ways.

³ He built the Upper Gate of the temple of the LORD and did extensive work on the wall of Ophel.

⁴ He built towns in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers in the wooded areas.

⁵ Jotham went to war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They brought him the same in the second year and the third.

⁶ Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

⁷ The rest of the events of Jotham's reign, including all his wars and his ways, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

⁸ He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.

⁹ Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz became king in his place.