2 Chronicles 27

1Joatham was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jerusa the daughter of Sadoc.

1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; and his mother's name was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

2And he did that which was right before the Lord, according to all that Ozias his father had done, only that he entered not into the temple of the Lord, and the people still transgressed.

2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done; but he did not go into the Temple of the Lord. And the people still went on in their evil ways.

3He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

3He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.

4Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Juda, and castles and towers in the forests.

4In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.

5He fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and overcame them, and the children of Ammon gave him at that time a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and as many measures of barley: so much did the children of Ammon give him in the second and third year.

5He went to war with the king of the children of Ammon and overcame them. That year, the children of Ammon gave him a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of grain and ten thousand measures of barley. And the children of Ammon gave him the same amount the second year and the third.

6And Joatham was strengthened, because he had his way directed before the Lord his God.

6So Jotham became strong, because in all his ways he made the Lord his guide.

7Now the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all his wars, and his works, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Juda.

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

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

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

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

9And Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in the town of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.