2 Chronicles 27:8

He was of five and twenty years (or He was twenty-five years old), when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

7Forsooth the residue of [the] words of Jotham, and all his battles, and works, be written in the book of the kings of Israel and of Judah. (And the rest of the deeds of Jotham, and all his battles, and works, be written in The Book of the Kings of Judah and of Israel.)

9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz, his son, reigned for him.

Read all of 2 Chronicles 27

Cross References

2 Chronicles 27:1Jotham was of five and twenty years (or Jotham was twenty-five years old), when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; the name of his mother was Jerushah, the 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 2 Chronicles 27:8