2 Chronicles, 27

1. Jotham was twenty-five years old when he came to the throne and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

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

2. He did what Yahweh regards as right, just as his father Uzziah had done. Only he did not enter Yahweh's sanctuary. But the people continued to do wrong.

2. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD according to all that his father Uzzi'ah had done -- only he did not invade the temple of the LORD. But the people still followed corrupt practices.

3. It was he who built the Upper Gate of the Temple of Yahweh and carried out considerable work on the wall of the Ophel.

3. He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and did much building on the wall of Ophel.

4. He also built towns in the highlands of Judah and built forts and towers in the wooded areas.

4. Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills.

5. He also went to war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them; and the Ammonites had to give him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kor of wheat and ten thousand of barley that year. And the Ammonites paid him the same amount, the second and third years afterwords.

5. He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. And the Ammonites gave him that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and the third years.

6. Jotham became powerful because he kept an unswerving course before Yahweh his God.

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

7. The rest of the history of Jotham, all his wars and his policy, are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

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 twenty-five years old when he came to the throne and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.

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

9. Then Jotham fell asleep with his ancestors, and was buried in the City of David; his son Ahaz succeeded him.

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