2 Chronicles 27

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Joatham was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jerusa the daughter of Sadoc.	1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was named Jerusa, daughter of Zadok.
2 And he did that which was right before the Lord, according to all that Ozias his father had done, only that he entered not into the temple of the Lord, and the people still transgressed.	2 He pleased the LORD just as his father Uzziah had done, though he did not enter the temple of the LORD; the people, however, continued to act sinfully.
3 He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.	3 He built the upper gate of the LORD'S house and had much construction done on the wall of Ophel.
4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Juda, and castles and towers in the forests.	4 Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forest land he set up fortresses and towers.
5 Ho fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and overcame them, and the children of Ammon gave him at that time a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and as many measures of barley: so much did the children of Ammon give him in the second and third year.	5 He fought with the king of the Ammonites and conquered them. That year the Ammonites paid him one hundred talents of silver, together with ten thousand kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. They brought the same to him also in the second and in the third year.
6 And Joatham was strengthened, because he had his way directed before the Lord his God.	6 Thus Jotham continued to grow strong because he lived resolutely in the presence of the LORD, his God.
7 Now the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all his wars, and his works, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Juda.	7 The rest of the acts of Jotham, his wars and his activities, can be found written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.	8 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9 And Joatham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.	9 Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David, and his son Ahaz succeeded him as king.