2 Chronicles 27
1 Jotham was
twenty and
five years old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned sixteen years in
Jerusalem. His
mother's name also was
Jerushah, the
daughter of
Zadok. 2 And he
did that which was
right in the
sight of the
LORD, according to all that his
father Uzziah did: howbeit he
entered not into the
temple of the
LORD. And the
people did yet
corruptly.
3 He
built the
high gate of the
house of the
LORD, and on the
wall of
Ophel he
built much. 4 Moreover he
built cities in the
mountains of
Judah, and in the
forests he
built castles and
towers. 5 He
fought also with the
king of the
Ammonites, and
prevailed against them. And the
children of
Ammon gave him the same
year an
hundred talents of
silver, and
ten thousand measures of
wheat, and
ten thousand of
barley. So much did the
children of
Ammon pay unto him, both the
second year, and the
third. 6 So
Jotham became
mighty, because he
prepared his
ways before the
LORD his
God. 7 Now the
rest of the
acts of
Jotham, and all his
wars, and his
ways, lo, 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.