2Chronicles 27

1 Jotham was twenty-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.NHEB — 2Chronicles 27:1

2 He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: however he did not enter into the LORD's temple. The people still did corruptly.NHEB — 2Chronicles 27:2

3 He built the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he carried out considerable work on the wall of Ophel.NHEB — 2Chronicles 27:3

4 Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.NHEB — 2Chronicles 27:4

5 He fought also with the king of the people of Ammon, and prevailed against them. The people of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The people of Ammon gave that much to him in the second year also, and in the third.NHEB — 2Chronicles 27:5

6 So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.NHEB — 2Chronicles 27:6

7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, look, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.NHEB — 2Chronicles 27:7

8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.NHEB — 2Chronicles 27:8

9 Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.NHEB — 2Chronicles 27:9