2 Chronicles Chapter 27
So Jotham was only 25 when he kicked off his reign, and he held it down for a solid 16 years in Jerusalem. His mom’s name was Jerushah, daughter of Zadok, no cap.
Jotham {was} twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also {was} Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
He was out here doing what was right in the Lord’s eyes, just like his pops Uzziah, but he didn’t roll into the temple. The people were still acting kinda sus, fr.
And he did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
He went ahead and built the high gate of the Lord's house, and on the wall of Ophel, he crafted a whole lot.
He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. {Ophel: or, the tower}
On top of that, he built cities in the hills of Judah and threw up castles and towers in the woods. Vibes.
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
He also squared off with the king of the Ammonites and totally came out on top. The Ammonites were like, “Here’s 100 talents of silver and a ton of wheat and barley,” both in year two and year three. Bussin'.
He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. {So...: Heb. This}
So Jotham got super strong 'cause he was prepping his ways before the Lord his God. Goated move.
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. {prepared: or, established}
The rest of Jotham's accomplishments, all his battles, and his paths are jotted down in the kings' book of Israel and Judah.
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they {are} written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
He was 25 when he started his reign, and he ruled for a solid 16 years in Jerusalem, periodt.
He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
Jotham passed away and linked up with his ancestors, and they laid him to rest in the city of David; then his son Ahaz took over.
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.