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was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok. 2 He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, just as his father Uzziah had done, except that he did not enter the Temple of the Lord. However, the people still acted corruptly. 3 Jotham built the Upper Gate of the House of the Lord, and he built extensively on the wall of Ophel. 4 He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
5 Jotham waged war against king of the Ammonites and conquered them. That year the Ammonites paid him a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They also paid him the same amount in the second and the third years.
6 So Jotham became powerful because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God.
7 Now the rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, and all his wars and his ways, indeed they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 8 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. 9 Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz succeeded him as king.