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He built cities in the hills of Y’hudah, and in the wooded areas he built forts and towers.

He fought with the king of the people of ‘Amon and defeated them. That year the people of ‘Amon paid him tribute of three-and-a-third tons of silver, 50,000 bushels of wheat and 50,000 [bushels] of barley. The people of ‘Amon paid him the same amount the second and third years also. Thus Yotam became strong, because he prepared his ways [of doing things] before Adonai his God.

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