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CHAPTER XXVII
*Jotham succeeds his father Uzziah, and reigns well*, 1, 2.
*His buildings*, 3, 4.
*His successful wars*, 5, 6.
*General account of his acts, reign, and death*, 7-9.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXVII

Verse [2 Chronicles 27:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/27/2). ***He entered not into the temple*** — He copied his father's conduct as far as it was constitutional; and avoided his transgression. See the preceding chapter. ([2 Chronicles 26](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/26))

Verse [2 Chronicles 27:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/27/3). ***On the wall of Ophel*** — The wall, says the *Targum*, of the *interior palace*. Ophel was some part of the wall of Jerusalem, that was most pregnable, and therefore Jotham fortified it in a particular manner.

Verse [2 Chronicles 27:4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/27/4). ***Castles and towers.*** — These he built for the protection of the country people against marauders.

Verse [2 Chronicles 27:5](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/27/5). ***He fought also with - the Ammonites*** — We find here that he brought them under a heavy tribute for *three* years; but whether this was the *effect* of his prevailing against them, is not so evident. Some think that they paid this tribute for three years, and then revolted; that, in consequence, he attacked them, and their utter subjection was the result.

Verse [2 Chronicles 27:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/27/7). ***The rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and**********his ways*** — It was in his days, according to [2 Kings 15:37](../../../kjv/2-kings/15/37), that *Rezin* king of Syria, and *Pekah* king of Israel, *began to cut* *Judah short*. See the notes on [2 Kings 15:36-37](../../../kjv/2-kings/15/36-37).
***Written in the book of the kings, c.*** — There is not so much found in the books of *Kings* which we have now, as in this place of the *Chronicles*. In both places we have *abridged* accounts only: the larger histories have long been lost. The reign of Jotham was properly the last *politically* prosperous reign among the Jews. *Hezekiah* and *Josiah* did much to preserve the Divine worship but Judah continued to be cut short, till at last it was wholly ruined.

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