2 Chronicles 27:1–4

Jotham’s Reign

27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.1 His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. 27:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.2 (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.)3 Yet the people were still sinning.

27:3 He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel.4 27:4 He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.