29. During Pekah's rule, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria marched into Israel. He captured the territories of Gilead and Galilee, including the towns of Ijon, Abel-Bethmaacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor, as well as the entire territory of Naphtali. Then he took Israelites from those regions to Assyria as prisoners.
30. In the twentieth year of Jotham's rule in Judah, Hoshea son of Elah plotted against Pekah and murdered him. Hoshea then became king of Israel.
31. Everything else Pekah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.
32. Jotham son of Azariah became king of Judah in the second year of Pekah's rule in Israel.
33. Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled sixteen years from Jerusalem. His mother Jerusha was the daughter of Zadok.
34. Jotham followed the example of his father by obeying the Lord and doing right.
35. It was Jotham who rebuilt the Upper Gate that led into the court around the Lord's temple. But the local shrines were not destroyed, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.
36. Everything else Jotham did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah.
37. During his rule, the Lord let King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel start attacking Judah.