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

2 And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; only he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people still acted corruptly.

3 It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

4 And he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

5 And he fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and overcame 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. This the children of Ammon brought again to him also in the second year, and in the third.

6 And Jotham became strong, for he prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.

7 And 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.

8 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

1 Tinha Jotão vinte e cinco anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezesseis anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Jerusa, filha de Zadoque.

2 Ele fez o que era reto aos olhos de Jeová, conforme tudo o que tinha feito seu pai Uzias; todavia não entrou no templo de Jeová. O povo ainda se corrompia.

3 Ele edificou a porta superior da casa de Jeová, e mandou fazer muitas obras sobre o muro de Ofel.

4 Também edificou cidades na região montanhosa de Judá, e nos bosques edificou castelos e torres.

5 Ele também fez guerra contra o rei dos filhos de Amom, e os venceu. No mesmo ano os filhos de Amom deram-lhe cem talentos de prata, dez mil coros de trigo, e dez mil de cevada. Isso lhe trouxeram os filhos de Amom também no segundo ano, e no terceiro.

6 Tornou-se Jotão poderoso, porque ordenou os seus caminhos perante Jeová, seu Deus.

7 Ora o resto dos atos de Jotão, e todas as suas guerras, e os seus caminhos, eis que estão escritos no livro dos reis de Israel e de Judá.

8 Tinha vinte e cinco anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezesseis anos em Jerusalém.

9 Adormeceu Jotão com seus pais, e sepultaram-no na cidade de Davi. Em lugar dele reinou seu filho Acaz.