1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all his father Uzziah had done, except that he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued to act corruptly. 3 He built the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD and did extensive building on the wall of Ophel. 4 He built cities in the hill country of Judah, and fortresses and towers in the forests. 5 He fought the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. That year the Ammonites gave him about seven thousand five hundred pounds of silver, about fifty thousand bushels of wheat, and about fifty thousand bushels of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same in the second and third years.

6 Jotham became strong because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. 7 The rest of Jotham's acts, all his wars, and his ways 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 sixteen years in Jerusalem. 9 Jotham lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. His son Ahaz reigned in his place.