1 Jotham|strong="H3147" was|strong="H8034" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" 16 years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H3147" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jerusha|strong="H3388". Jerusha|strong="H3388" was|strong="H8034" Zadok’s|strong="H6659" daughter|strong="H1323".
2 Jotham did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" wanted him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213". He|strong="H0834" obeyed God|strong="H3068" just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". But|strong="H7535" Jotham did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1964" to|strong="H0413" burn incense as|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068". But|strong="H7535" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H5750" doing|strong="H6213" wrong.
3 Jotham rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" Upper|strong="H5945" Gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1931" did much|strong="H7230" building|strong="H1129" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H1004" named Ophel|strong="H6077".
4 He|strong="H3063" also|strong="H3063" built|strong="H1129" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H3063" built|strong="H1129" fortresses|strong="H1003" and|strong="H3063" towers|strong="H4026" in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" forests.
5 Jotham also|strong="H4428" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Ammonites|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" army and|strong="H1121" defeated them|strong="H5414". So|strong="H5414" each year|strong="H8141" for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7992" years|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5921" Ammonites|strong="H5983" gave|strong="H5414" Jotham 3 3/4 tons of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", 62,000 bushels of|strong="H1121" wheat|strong="H2406", and|strong="H1121" 62,000 bushels of|strong="H1121" barley|strong="H8184".
6 Jotham|strong="H3147" became|strong="H2388" powerful|strong="H2388" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" faithfully obeyed the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430".
7 Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" Jotham|strong="H3147" did and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" wars|strong="H4421" are|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612", \+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*.
8 Jotham was|strong="H1961" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" 16 years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
9 Then|strong="H0853" Jotham|strong="H3147" died and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" ancestors|strong="H0001". The|strong="H0853" people|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H0853" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732". Jotham’s|strong="H3147" son|strong="H1121" Ahaz|strong="H0271" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" place|strong="H8478".