2 Chronicles 27

1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.Cross-references: 2Ki 15:32 · 1Chr 3:12 · Isa 1:1 · Hos 1:1 · Mic 1:1 · Matt 1:9

2He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Uzziah had done. However he didn’t enter into Yahweh’s temple. The people still acted corruptly.Cross-references: 2Ki 15:34 · 2Chr 26:4 · 2Chr 26:16 · Ps 119:120 · Acts 5:13

3He built the upper gate of Yahweh’s house, and he built much on the wall of Ophel.Cross-references: 2Chr 23:20 · 2Chr 33:14 · Neh 3:26 · Jer 20:2

4Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.Cross-references: Josh 14:12 · 2Chr 11:5 · 2Chr 14:7 · 2Chr 26:9 · Luke 1:39

5He also fought with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. The children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. The children of Ammon also gave that much to him in the second year, and in the third.Cross-references: Judg 11:4 · 2Sam 10:1 · 2Chr 20:1 · Jer 49:1

6So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Yahweh his God.Cross-references: 2Chr 19:3 · 2Chr 26:5

7Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.Cross-references: 2Ki 15:36 · 2Chr 20:34 · 2Chr 26:22 · 2Chr 32:32

8He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.Cross-references: 2Chr 27:1

9Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.Cross-references: 2Ki 15:38