30. Then Hoshea, Elah’s son, plotted against Pekah, Remaliah’s son. He struck Pekah down, murdering him. Hoshea became king after Pekah in the twentieth year of Uzziah’s son Jotham.
31. The rest of Pekah’s kingship and all that he accomplished are written in the official records of Israel’s kings.
32. Jotham, Uzziah’s son, became king of Judah in the second year of Israel’s King Pekah, Remaliah’s son.
33. Jotham was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha; she was Zadok’s daughter.
34. Jotham did what was right in the Lord’s eyes, just as his father Uzziah had done.
35. However, he didn’t remove the shrines. The people continued to sacrifice and burn incense at them. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple.