2 Chronicles 27

1 Jotham was 25 years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His mother was Jerushah, the daughter of [the priest] Zadok.

Jotham was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in for Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother's name was Jerushah, daughter of Zadok.

2 Jotham did many things that pleased Yahweh like his father Uzziah did. He obeyed Yahweh and did things that are right. He did many things that his father Uzziah had done, but he did not burn incense in the temple, like his father had done. However, the people of Judah continued to sin against Yahweh.

He did what was right in the Lord's sight as his father Uzziah had done, and he did not enter the Lord's Temple as his father had. But the people still acted corruptly.

3 Jotham’s [workers] rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple, and they did a lot of work to repair the wall near Ophel [Hill].

Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the Lord's Temple, and did extensive building work on the wall at Ophel.

4 They built towns in the hills of Judah, and they built forts and defense towers in the forests.

He built towns in the hill country of Judah, and fortresses and towers in the mountains and forests.

5 During the time that Jotham was the king of Judah, his army attacked and defeated the army of the Ammon people-group. Then, every year during the next three years, he required the Anmon people-group to pay to him four tons of silver, 60,000 bushels of wheat, and 60,000 bushels of barley.

Jotham fought with the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. The Ammonites gave him every year for three years one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand of barley.

6 Jotham faithfully obeyed Yahweh his God, and as a result he became a very powerful king.

Jotham grew powerful because he made sure what he did followed the ways of the Lord his God.

7 A record of everything else that Jotham did during the time that he was the king, including the wars that his army fought, is written in the scroll called ‘[the History of] the Kings of Israel and Judah’.

The rest of what Jotham did, his wars and other events, were written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

8 After Jotham had ruled Judah for 16 years, he died when he was 41 years old.

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

9 He was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Ahaz became the king [of Judah].

Jotham died and was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz took over as king.