1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; and his mother's name was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done; but he did not go into the Temple of the Lord. And the people still went on in their evil ways.

3 He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.

4 In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.

5 He went to war with the king of the children of Ammon and overcame them. That year, the children of Ammon gave him a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of grain and ten thousand measures of barley. And the children of Ammon gave him the same amount the second year and the third.

6 So Jotham became strong, because in all his ways he made the Lord his guide.

7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

8 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years.

9 And Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in the town of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.

1 Jotham était âgé de vingt-cinq ans quand il devint roi, et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s'appelait Jérusha, fille de Tsadok.

2 Il fit ce qui est droit aux yeux de l'Éternel, tout comme Ozias, son père, avait fait; seulement il n'entra pas dans le temple de l'Éternel; néanmoins le peuple se corrompait encore.

3 Ce fut lui qui bâtit la porte supérieure de la maison de l'Éternel, et il bâtit beaucoup à la muraille d'Ophel.

4 Il bâtit des villes dans la montagne de Juda, et des châteaux, et des tours dans les forêts.

5 Il fut en guerre avec le roi des enfants d'Ammon, et fut le plus fort; et cette année-là, les enfants d'Ammon lui donnèrent cent talents d'argent, dix mille cores de froment, et dix mille d'orge. Les enfants d'Ammon lui en donnèrent autant la seconde et la troisième année.

6 Jotham devint donc très puissant, parce qu'il avait affermi ses voies devant l'Éternel, son Dieu.

7 Le reste des actions de Jotham, toutes ses guerres, et sa conduite, voici, toutes ces choses sont écrites au livre des rois d'Israël et de Juda.

8 Il était âgé de vingt-cinq ans quand il devint roi, et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem.

9 Puis Jotham s'endormit avec ses pères, et on l'ensevelit dans la cité de David; et Achaz, son fils, régna à sa place.