2nd Chronicles 27

Uzziah's Son Jotham Reigns Relatively Well1

JAHtham {JAH-Is-Perfect} takes reign at 25 years of age. He reigns for 16 years in Jerusalem. His mother Jerushah {Possessed} (the daughter of Zadok {Just}) [guides his reign].

[King JAHtham] does what's right in the sight of YHVH. He copies all the [good acts] his father UzziYah {YAH's-Strength} performed. [JAHtham correctly] avoids invading the [holy place in] YHVH's temple. [But the problem is, he doesn't enter the sanctuary at all.] So [his] people continue acting corruptly.

[JAHtham] builds the high gate of YHVH's temple. He adds huge [improvements] on the wall of Ophel {Fortress-Hill}.

Plus, [JAHtham] builds cities in Judea's mountains. And he builds castles and towers in [Judaea's] forests.

[JAHtham] also fights with the king of the [inbred] Ammon-spawn. He prevails against them. So (that year) the [spawn of Ammon] give [JAHtham] 100 talents [3.3 tons] of silver, 10000 cors [62000 bushels] of wheat, and 10000 [cors] of barley. They pay him these amounts again the next year, and the next.

So JAHtham {JAH-Is-Perfect} grows mighty, because he orders his ways before YHVH his Elohim.

😇, you can find the rest of the acts of JAHtham {JAH-Is-Perfect}, and all his wars, and his ways [of action], summarized [by scribes] in the book of the kings of Israel and Judaea.

16 years after [JAHtham] takes the [throne] in Jerusalem, he [dies] at [41] years old.

So JAHtham {JAH-Is-Perfect} sleeps [in death] beside his forefathers. [His sons] bury him in the citadel of David {Love}. Then [JAHtham's] son Ahaz {Possessor} reigns in [JAHtham's] place.