Jotham does right, though the people still act corruptly. He builds the Upper Gate of the temple and towers in the hills, beats the Ammonites, and they pay him tribute three years in a row. He grows strong because he orders his ways before God.
1Jotham 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. 2And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of Yahweh. But the people still behaved corruptly.
3Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of Yahweh, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel. 4He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
5Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him 7,500 pounds of silver, 60,000 bushels of wheat, and 60,000 bushels of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years. 6So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before Yahweh his God.
7As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. 9And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
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