2Ch 27 | NASB1995 | STEP | Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king , and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem . And his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok .

2 Chronicles 27

Jotham Succeeds Uzziah in Judah

1 ^aJotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. 2 He did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; ^bhowever 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 extensively the wall of ^cOphel. 4 Moreover, he built ^dcities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills. 5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them so that the Ammonites gave him during that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand ^{▼▼ I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bu}kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second and in the third year. 6 ^fSo Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God. 7 ^gNow the rest of the acts of Jotham, even all his wars and his acts, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 8 He was ^htwenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.