2 Chronicles 27

1Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people did yet corruptly.

2He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. However, unlike his father, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued to follow corrupt practices.

3He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

3Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the LORD and did a lot of construction work on the wall at the hill of Ophel.

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

4He also built towns in the hill country of Judah and built fortresses and towers in the wooded areas.

5He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third.

5He went to war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him three and three-quarters tons of silver, about sixty thousand bushels of wheat, and sixty thousand bushels of barley. They paid him this same amount in the second and third years as well.

6So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.

6Jotham became powerful because he lived steadfastly before the LORD his God.

7Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

7The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including all his wars and everything he did, are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

8He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

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

9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

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