2 Chronicles 27:1

twenty-five years old, was Jotham when he began to reign, and, sixteen years, reigned he in Jerusalem,—and, the name of his mother, was Jerushah, daughter of Zadok.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that Uzziah his father had done, only he entered not into the temple of Yahweh,—though still were the people acting corruptly.

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Cross References

2 Kings 15:32In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, began Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

1 Chronicles 3:12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son;

2 Chronicles 26:23And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial that pertained unto the kings, for they said, A leper, he is. And Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

Isaiah 1:1The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw, concerning Judah and Jerusalem,—in the days of Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah—kings of Judah.

Micah 1:1The word of Yahweh which came unto Micah the Morashtite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah,—of which he had vision concerning Samaria, and Jerusalem:—

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 27:1

Here is a very short account of the reign of Jotham, a pious prosperous prince, of whom one would wish to have known more: but we may better dispense with the brevity of his story because that which lengthened the history of the last three kings was their degeneracy in their latter end, of which we have had a faithful account; but there was no occasion for such a melancholy conclusion of the history of this reign, which is only an account, I. Of the date and continuance of this reign, ver. 1 , 8 . II. The general… Read the whole commentary →

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