2 Tawarikh 27:6-9

27:6 Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to please the Lord his God. ¹  27:7 The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including all his military campaigns and his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah. ²  27:8 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 27:9 Jotham passed away ³  and was buried in the City of David. ⁴  His son Ahaz replaced him as king.

[27:6]  ¹ tn Heb “because he established his ways before the Lord his God.”

[27:7]  ² tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jotham, and his battles and his ways, look, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.”

[27:9]  ³ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[27:9]  ⁴ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.