1. Yotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Yerushah the daughter of Tsaḏoq.
2. And he did what was right in the eyes of יהוה, according to all that his father Uzziyahu had done. Only, he did not come into the Hĕḵal of יהוה. And the people continued to act corruptly.
3. He built the Upper Gate of the House of יהוה, and he built much on the wall of Ophel.
4. And he built cities in the hill country of Yehuḏah, and in the forests he built palaces and towers.