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 Tinha vinte e cinco anos, Jotão, quando se sentou no trono. Reinou dezasseis anos, com Jerusalém como sua capital. Sua mãe era Jerusa, filha de Zadoque. Conduziu-se rectamente ao olhos do Senhor, seguindo os passos do seu pai Uzias, com excepção daquele pecado de entrar no santuário do templo. Apesar disso, o povo continuou muito corrupto.

3 Construiu a porta alta do templo, e fez obras extensas de reconstrução das muralhas da cidade, na colina onde o templo se erguia. Edificou povoações nas montanhas de Judá, erigiu fortalezas e torres fortificadas na região dos bosques.

5 Foi vitorioso na guerra contra os amonitas, de tal forma que durante três anos ficou recebendo deles um tributo anual de três mil toneladas de prata, duas mil e duzentas toneladas de trigo e outro tanto de cevada. Jotão tornou-se poderoso porque foi cuidadoso em dirigir os seus passos pelos caminhos do Senhor.

7 O resto da história deste monarca, incluindo as guerras que travou e outros factos, estão relatados nos Anais dos Reis de Israel e de Judá.

8 Em resumo: tinha vinte e cinco anos quando começou a reinar. O seu reinado, com sede em Jerusalém, durou dezasseis anos. Quando morreu, foi enterrado na capital, e seu filho Acaz ascendeu ao trono.