2 Chronicles · 9 verses
2 Chronicles 27
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Jotham defeated the king of the Ammonites, and the victory came with a three-year delivery of silver, wheat, and barley: a remarkably punctual aftermath for a war.
A right king who stayed outsidevv. 1–2
Jotham began his sixteen-year reign in Jerusalem with a respectable inheritance: Jerushah was his mother, Zadok his grandfather, and Uzziah the standard set before him. He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as Uzziah had done—then comes the curious addition that he did not enter the temple of the LORD. The people, meanwhile, behaved corruptly; the text offers the contrast and declines to unpack it.
Walls, towers, and a very regular tributevv. 3–6
Jotham repaired the Upper Gate and worked extensively on the wall at Ophel, then spread his building about the hill country of Judah and the forests, where cities, fortresses, and towers appeared. He also defeated the king of the Ammonites. That year brought a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley; the same payment arrived in the second and third years as well, with no explanation of the arrangement. Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
The repeated beginning, then the endvv. 7–9
The rest of Jotham's wars and ways are sent off to the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Then the opening account is repeated almost word for word—twenty-five at accession, sixteen years in Jerusalem—just before Jotham rests with his fathers, is buried in the City of David, and gives the throne to Ahaz.
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2 Chr 27:1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
2 Chr 27:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
2 Chr 27:3Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
2 Chr 27:4He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
2 Chr 27:5Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.
2 Chr 27:6So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
2 Chr 27:7As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
2 Chr 27:8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
2 Chr 27:9And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
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- 62 Chronicles 26:5He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.
- 32 Chronicles 33:14After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
- 11 Chronicles 3:12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
- 22 Kings 15:34–35And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.
- 3Nehemiah 3:26–27and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
- 62 Chronicles 19:3However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
- 92 Kings 15:38And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
- 12 Kings 15:32–38In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
- 1Matthew 1:9Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
- 1Micah 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
- 1Hosea 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
- 1Isaiah 1:1This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
- 22 Chronicles 26:4And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
- 2Acts 5:13Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.
- 2Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
- 22 Chronicles 26:16–21But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
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