CHAPTER 27
Jotham
was twenty-five
years old
when he became king,
and he reigned
in Jerusalem
sixteen
years.
His mother’s
name
was Jerushah
daughter
of Zadok.
And he did
what was right
in the eyes
of the LORD,
just as
his father
Uzziah
had done.
In addition,
he did not
enter
the temple
of the LORD.
But the people
still
behaved corruptly.
Jotham
rebuilt
the Upper
Gate
of the house
of the LORD,
and he worked
extensively
on the wall
at Ophel.
Jotham
waged war
against
the king
of the Ammonites
and defeated them,
and that
year
they
gave
him
a hundred
talents
of silver,
ten
thousand
cors
of wheat,
and ten
thousand kors
of barley.
They
paid
him
the same
in the second
and third
years.
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.
And Jotham
rested
with
his fathers
and was buried
in the City
of David.
And his son
Ahaz
became king
in his place.