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

²He did that which was right in the LORD ’s eyes , according to all that his father Uzziah had done . However he didn’t enter into the LORD ’s temple . The people still acted corruptly .

³He built the upper gate of the LORD ’s house , and he built much on the wall of Ophel .

⁴Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah , and in the forests he built fortresses and towers .

⁵He also fought with the king of the children of Ammon , and prevailed against them . The children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver , ten thousand cors of wheat , and ten thousand cors of barley . The children of Ammon also gave that much to him in the second year , and in the third .[#27:5 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds; #27:5 1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 litres or 6 bushels. 10,000 cors of wheat would weigh about 1,640 metric tonnes.; #27:5 10,000 cors of barley would weigh about 1,310 metric tonnes.]

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

⁷Now 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 .

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

⁹Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David ’s city ; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place .