27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jeru'shah the daughter of Zadok.
27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

27:2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD according to all that his father Uzzi'ah had done -- only he did not invade the temple of the LORD. But the people still followed corrupt practices.
27:2 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD just as his father Uzziah had done--only he did not invade the temple of the LORD. But the people still followed corrupt practices.

27:3 He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and did much building on the wall of Ophel.
27:3 He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and did extensive building on the wall of Ophel.

27:4 Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills.
27:4 Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills.

27:5 He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. And the Ammonites gave him that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and the third years.
27:5 He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. The Ammonites gave him that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and the third years.

27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
27:6 So Jotham became strong because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

27:7 Now 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.
27:7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

27:8 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
27:8 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

27:9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
27:9 Jotham slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David; and his son Ahaz succeeded him.