1Jotham 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.
2He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. But he did not enter the temple of the LORD. And the people still acted corruptly.
3He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and he built much on the wall of Ophel.
4He also built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
5He also fought with the king of the Ammonites, and he defeated them. That same year the children of Ammon gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The children of Ammon paid him this much in the second year and in the third year as well.
6So Jotham became mighty, because he made his ways sure before the LORD his God.
7The rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
8He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Ahaz his son reigned in his place.