2 Chronicles 27:8

He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

In Context

7Now the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all his wars, and his works, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Juda.

9And Joatham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.

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2 Chronicles 27:1Joatham was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jerusa the daughter of Sadoc.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 27:2-9

The Reign of Jotham. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord . And the people did yet corruptly. 3 He built the high gate of the house of the Lord , and on the wall of Ophel he built much. 4 Moreover he built cities in the… Read the whole commentary →

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