2Chronicles:27

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* Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to rule . He ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem . His mother was Jerushah , daughter of Zadok . * He did what Jehovah considered right , as his father Uzziah had done . Unlike his father , he did not illegally enter Jehovah ’s Temple . The people continued their corrupt ways . * Jotham built the Upper Gate of Jehovah ’s Temple and did extensive building of the wall at the Ophel . * He built cities in the hills of Judah . He also built forts and towers in the wooded areas . * He fought with the king of the Ammonites and conquered them . That year the Ammonites gave him seven thousand and five hundred pounds of silver , sixty thousand bushels of wheat , and sixty thousand bushels of barley . The Ammonites gave him the same amount for two more years . * Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to live the way Jehovah his God wanted . * Everything else about Jotham , all his wars and his life , is written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah . * He was twenty-five years old when he began to rule as king . He ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem . * Jotham lay down in death with his ancestors . They buried him in the City of David . His son Ahaz succeeded him as king .

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