Israel and Judah are always getting punished and rewarded as a group it seems like. Here's a little different situation where the leader for once is doing the right thing and the people aren't. He didn't do too bad it sounds like. You can only do your best but other people make their own choices even when you are in a leadership position.

A relatively uneventful reign. And I think a good example to follow. I think it takes a good dose of humility to not go parading for everything to be different. Small gradual improvements. Plugging away in obedience like Jotham here may not be glamorous but it beats all the trouble caused by more dramatic leaders.