2 Chronicles 27

Jotham Reigns in Judah

(2 Kings 15:32–38)

¹ Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah^a daughter of Zadok. ² And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah^b had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

³ Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel. ⁴ He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

⁵ Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver,^c ten thousand cors of wheat,^d and ten thousand cors of barley.^e They paid him the same in the second and third years. ⁶ So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

⁷ As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. ⁸ He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. ⁹ And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.