2 Chronicles 27:8

He was a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and he has reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And the rest of the matters of Jotham, and all his battles, and his ways, behold, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.

9and Jotham lies with his fathers, and they bury him in the City of David, and his son Ahaz reigns in his stead.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 27:1Jotham [is] a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and he has reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

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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