^aJotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. 2 He did right in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that his father Uzziah had done; ^ahowever, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued behaving corruptly. 3 He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and did extensive building on the wall of ^aOphel. 4 Moreover, he built ^acities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers. 5 He also fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them. As a result the Ammonites gave him during that year a hundred talents of silver and ten thousand measures each of wheat and of barley. The Ammonites also paid him that much in the second year and third year. 6 ^aSo Jotham grew powerful, because he directed his ways before the LORD his God. 7 ^aNow 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. 8 He was ^atwenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 9 And Jotham slept with his fathers in death, and they buried him in the City of David. Ahaz his son became king in his place.

^aJotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. 2 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; ^ahowever he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued acting corruptly. 3 He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and he built the wall of ^aOphel extensively. 4 Moreover, he built ^acities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills. 5 He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them so that during that year the Ammonites gave him ¹a hundred talents of silver, ²ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second year and in the third. 6 ^aSo Jotham became powerful because he directed his ways before the LORD his God. 7 ^aNow the rest of the acts of Jotham, all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 8 He was ^atwenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years. 9 And Jotham ¹lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and his son Ahaz became king in his place.