27 Joʹtham was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned for 16 years in Yerushalom. His mother’s name was Ye·ruʹshah the daughter of Zaʹdok. 2 He kept doing what was right in Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}’s eyes, just as his father Uz·zyʹah had done, except that he did not invade the temple of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}. But the people were still acting ruinously. 3 He built the upper gate of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}’s house, and he did much building on the wall of Oʹphel. 4 He also built cities in the mountainous region of Judah, and he built fortified places and towers in the wooded areas. 5 He waged war against the king of the Amʹmon·ites and eventually prevailed against them, so that the Amʹmon·ites gave him in that year 100 silver talents, 10,000 cor measures of wheat, and 10,000 of barley. The Amʹmon·ites also paid this to him in the second and third years. 6 So Joʹtham kept growing strong, for he established his ways before Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} his Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'}.
7 As for the rest of the history of Joʹtham, all his wars and his ways, it is written in the Book of the Kings of Isra'Al and of Judah. 8 He was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned for 16 years in Yerushalom. 9 Then Joʹtham was laid to rest with his forefathers, and they buried him in the City of David. And his son Aʹhaz became king in his place.