1 Jotham Succeeds Uzziah in Judah Jotham 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 L, in accordance with everything that his father Uzziah had done; however, he did not enter the temple of the L. But the people continued behaving corruptly.
3 He built the upper gate of the house of the L, and did extensive building on the wall of Ophel.
4 Moreover, he built cities 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 So Jotham grew powerful, because he directed his ways before the Lhis God.
7 Now 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 twenty-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.