[1]JothamH3147was twentyH6242and fiveH2568yearsH8141oldH1121when he began to reignH4427[H8800], and he reignedH4427[H8804]sixteenH8337[H6240]yearsH8141in JerusalemH3389. His mother'sH517nameH8034also was JerushahH3388, the daughterH1323of ZadokH6659.[2]And he didH6213[H8799]that which was rightH3477in the sightH5869of the LORDH3068, according to all that his fatherH1UzziahH5818didH6213[H8804]: howbeit he enteredH935[H8804]not into the templeH1964of the LORDH3068. And the peopleH5971did yet corruptlyH7843.[H8688][3]He builtH1129[H8804]the highH5945gateH8179of the houseH1004of the LORDH3068, and on the wallH2346of OphelH6077he builtH1129[H8804]muchH7230.[4]Moreover he builtH1129[H8804]citiesH5892in the mountainsH2022of JudahH3063, and in the forestsH2793he builtH1129[H8804]castlesH1003and towersH4026.[5]He foughtH3898[H8738]also with the kingH4428of the AmmonitesH5984, and prevailedH2388[H8799]against them. And the childrenH1121of AmmonH5983gaveH5414[H8799]him the same yearH8141an hundredH3967talentsH3603of silverH3701, and tenH6235thousandH505measuresH3734of wheatH2406, and tenH6235thousandH505of barleyH8184. So much did the childrenH1121of AmmonH5983payH7725[H8689]untoH2063him, both the secondH8145yearH8141, and the thirdH7992.[6]So JothamH3147became mightyH2388[H8691], because he preparedH3559[H8689]his waysH1870beforeH6440the LORDH3068his GodH430.[7]Now the restH3499of the actsH1697of JothamH3147, and all his warsH4421, and his waysH1870, lo, they are writtenH3789[H8803]in the bookH5612of the kingsH4428of IsraelH3478and JudahH3063.[8]He was fiveH2568and twentyH6242yearsH8141oldH1121when he began to reignH4427[H8800], and reignedH4427[H8804]sixteenH8337[H6240]yearsH8141in JerusalemH3389.[9]And JothamH3147sleptH7901[H8799]with his fathersH1, and they buriedH6912[H8799]him in the cityH5892of DavidH1732: and AhazH271his sonH1121reignedH4427in his steadH8799.