2Ch 2 Chronicles, chapter Second Book of Chronicles, chapter 27
Jotham Succeeds Uzziah in Judah
Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. 2Ki 15:33He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; however he did not enter the temple of the Lord. But the people continued acting corruptly. 2Ki 15:34He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and he built the wall of Ophel extensively. Neh 3:26; Neh 11:21Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills. He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them so that during that year the Ammonites gave him 27:5 About 3.75 tons or 3.4 metric tonsa hundred talents of silver, 27:5 About 77,000 cubic feet or 2,180 cubic metersten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second year and in the third. So Jotham became powerful because he directed his ways before the Lord his God. Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 2Ki 15:32He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years. And Jotham 27:9 I.e., diedlay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and his son Ahaz became king in his place.2Ki 15:38