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

27:2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people did yet corruptly.
27:2 And 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.

27:3 He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
27:3 He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and he built extensively the wall of Ophel.

27:4 Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
27:4 Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded [hills.]

27:5 He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third.
27:5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them so that the Ammonites gave him during that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this [amount] in the second and in the third year.

27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.
27:6 So Jotham became mighty 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, even all his wars and his acts, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

27:8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
27:8 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and 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 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.