2 Chronicles 27:1–8

Jotham Reigns in Judah

27^aJotham 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. ²And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord according to all that his father Uzziah had done, ^bexcept he did not enter the temple of the Lord. But the people still followed corrupt practices. ³He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord and did much building on the wall of ^cOphel. ⁴Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills. ⁵He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. And the Ammonites gave him that year 100 talents¹ of silver, and 10,000 cors² of wheat and 10,000 of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and the third years. ⁶So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God. ^7dNow 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 ^etwenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.