271 Jotham was twenty-five e years old when he became king , and he reigned sixteen e years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok . 2 He did 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 . 3 He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord , and he built extensively the wall of Ophel . 4 Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah , and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills. 5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites e and prevailed over them so that the Ammonites e gave him during that year one hundred talents of silver , ten thousand kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley . The Ammonites e also paid him this amount in the second and in the third year . 6 So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God . 7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham , even all his wars and his acts , behold , they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah . 8 He was twenty-five e years old when he became king , and he reigned sixteen e years in Jerusalem . 9 And Jotham slept with his fathers , and they buried him in the city of David ; and Ahaz his son became king in his place .
