2 Chronicles 27

1 Jotham 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.2 And 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.3 He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.4 Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.5 He 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.6 So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.7 Now 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.8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 27

Jotham’s Reign

1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.s His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.t (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.)t Yet the people were still sinning.
3 He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel.t

4 He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

5 He launched a military campaignt against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him 100 talentst of silver, 10,000 korss of wheat, and 10,000 korst of barley. The Ammonites also paid this same amount of annual tribute the next two years.t
6 Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to please the Lord his God.t7 The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including all his military campaigns and his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.t8 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.

9 Jotham passed awayt and was buried in the City of David.s His son Ahaz replaced him as king.