Jotham was twenty
and five
years
old
when he began to reign
, and he reigned
sixteen
years
in Jerusalem
. His mother's
name
also was Jerushah
, the daughter
of Zadok
.
And he did that which was right
in the sight
of the LORD
, according to all that his father
Uzziah
did
: howbeit he entered
not into the temple
of the LORD
. And the people
did yet corruptly
.
He built the high
gate
of the house
of the LORD
, and on the wall
of Ophel
he built
much
.
Moreover he built cities
in the mountains
of Judah
, and in the forests
he built
castles
and towers
.
He fought also with the king
of the Ammonites
, and prevailed
against them. And the children
of Ammon
gave
him the same year
an hundred
talents
of silver
, and ten
thousand
measures
of wheat
, and ten
thousand
of barley
. So much did the children
of Ammon
pay
unto
him, both the second
year
, and the third
.
So Jotham became mighty
, because he prepared
his ways
before
the LORD
his God
.
Now the rest of the acts
of Jotham
, and all his wars
, and his ways
, lo, they are written
in the book
of the kings
of Israel
and Judah
.
He was five and twenty
years
old
when he began to reign
, and reigned
sixteen
years
in Jerusalem
.
And Jotham slept
with his fathers
, and they buried
him in the city
of David
: and Ahaz
his son
reigned
in his stead.