1 Jotam var tjuetre år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte seksten år i Jerusalem. Hans mor het Jerusja, datter av Sadok.

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

2 Han gjorde det som var rett i Herrens øyne, slik hans far Ussia hadde gjort, men han gikk ikke inn i Herrens tempel. Folket oppførte seg likevel dårlig.

And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people did yet corruptly.

3 Han bygde den øvre porten til Herrens hus, og på Ofels muren bygde han mye.

He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

4 Han bygde også byer i Juda-fjellene, og i skogene bygde han borger og tårn.

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

5 Han kjempet også mot kongen av ammonittene og seiret over dem. Ammonittene ga ham samme år hundre talenter sølv, ti tusen kor hvete og ti tusen bygg. Det samme ga ammonittene ham i det andre og tredje året.

He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against 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. So much did the children of Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third.

6 Slik ble Jotam mektig, fordi han levde rett for Herren sin Gud.

So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.

7 Resten av Jotams gjerninger, alle hans kriger og hans vei, er skrevet i boken om Israels og Judas konger.

Now 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 Han var tjuefem år gammel da han ble konge, og regjerte seksten år i Jerusalem.

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

9 Så sovnet Jotam hos sine fedre, og de gravla ham i Davids by. Hans sønn Akas ble konge etter ham.

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