2 Chronicles 27
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- 1Jotham was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 16 years. His mother's name was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
- 2He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did. However, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. And the people still did corruptly.
- 3He built the upper gate of the LORD's temple and did extensive construction along the wall of Ophel.
- 4He also built cities throughout the hill country of Judah, and he constructed fortresses and towers in the forests.
- 5He went to war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him a tribute of 100 talents of silver, 10,000 measures of wheat, and 10,000 measures of barley. They paid him the same amount in the 2nd and 3rd years as well.
- 6Jotham became powerful because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
- 7The rest of Jotham's acts, including all his wars and his ways, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
- 8He was 25 years old when he became king and ruled for 16 years in Jerusalem.
- 9Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. His son Ahaz became king after him.