2 Chronicles 27

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he came to the throne and he reigned for sixteen years inJerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.	1 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.
2 He did what Yahweh regards as right, just as his father Uzziah had done. Only he did not enterYahweh's sanctuary. But the people continued to do wrong.	2 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.
3 It was he who built the Upper Gate of the Temple of Yahweh and carried out considerable work on thewal of the Ophel.	3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
4 He also built towns in the highlands of Judah and built forts and towers in the wooded areas.	4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
5 He also went to war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them; and the Ammonites had togive him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kor of wheat and ten thousand of barley that year. And theAmmonites paid him the same amount, the second and third years afterwards.	5 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.
6 Jotham became powerful because he kept an unswerving course before Yahweh his God.	6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
7 The rest of the history of Jotham, al his wars and his policy, are recorded in the Book of the Kings ofIsrael and Judah.	7 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.
8 He was twenty-five years old when he came to the throne and he reigned for sixteen years inJerusalem.	8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9 Then Jotham fel asleep with his ancestors, and was buried in the City of David; his son Ahazsucceeded him.	9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.