2 Chronicles 27:1-6

2 Chronicles 27:1-6

[1] Jotham  was twenty  and five  years  old  when he began to reign,  sixteen  years  in Jerusalem.  His mother's  name  also was Jerushah,  the daughter  of Zadok.  [2] 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.  [3] He built  the high  gate  of the house  of the LORD,  and on the wall  of Ophel  he built  much.  [4] Moreover he built  cities  in the mountains  of Judah,  and in the forests  he built  castles  and towers.  [5] He fought  also with the king  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.  [6] So Jotham  became mighty,  because he prepared  his ways  before  his God.