1Jotham was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 16 years. His mother’s name was Jerusha. She was the daughter of Zadok.2Jotham did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. But Jotham didn’t enter the LORD’s temple as Uzziah had done. The people, however, continued to do very sinful things.3Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the LORD’s temple. He did a lot of work on the wall at the hill of Ophel.4He built towns in the hill country of Judah. He also built forts and towers in areas that had a lot of trees in them.5Jotham went to war against the king of Ammon. He won the battle over the Ammonites. That year they paid Jotham more than 3.5 tonnes of silver. They paid him 1,500 tonnes of wheat and 1,200 tonnes of barley. They also brought him the same amount in the second and third years.6Jotham became powerful. That’s because he had worshipped the LORD his God with all his heart.7The other events of Jotham’s rule are written down. That includes all his wars and the other things he did. All these things are written in the records of the kings of Israel and Judah.8Jotham was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 16 years.9Jotham joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in the City of David. Jotham’s son Ahaz became the next king after him.
1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. (2Ki 15:33)2And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord according to all that his father Uzziah had done, except he did not enter the temple of the Lord. But the people still followed corrupt practices. (2Ch 26:16)3He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord and did much building on the wall of Ophel. (2Ch 33:14; Ne 3:26; Ne 11:21)4Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills.5He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. And the Ammonites gave him that year 100 talents[1] of silver, and 10,000 cors[2] of wheat and 10,000 of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and the third years.6So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways 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. (2Ki 15:36)8He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. (2Ch 27:1)9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.