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.
am 3246-3262, bc 753-742
twenty and five: 2 Kings 15:32, 2 Kings 15:33-38, 1 Chronicles 3:12, Isaiah 1:1, Hosea 1:1, Micah 1:1, Matthew 1:9, Joatham
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 5:17 - Jotham
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.
And he did: 2 Chronicles 26:4, 2 Kings 15:34
he entered not: He copied his father's conduct as far as it was pious and constitutional; and avoided his transgression. 2 Chronicles 26:16-21, Psalms 119:120, Acts 5:13
the people: 2 Kings 15:35
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 1:7 - corruptly Isaiah 2:8 - is full
3.
He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
high gate: 2 Chronicles 23:20, Jeremiah 20:2
Ophel: or, the tower, "The wall," says the Targum, "of the interior palace." Ophel appears to have been a tower, or fort, on the city wall, in which we read "the Nehthinim dwelt." 2 Chronicles 33:14, Nehemiah 3:26, Nehemiah 3:27
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:35 - the higher gate Nehemiah 11:21 - the Ezekiel 9:2 - the higher
4.
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
he built cities: 2 Chronicles 11:5-10, 2 Chronicles 14:7, 2 Chronicles 26:9, 2 Chronicles 26:10
the mountains: Joshua 14:12, Joshua 14:13, Luke 1:39
castles and towers: These castles and towers he doubtless built built for the protection of the country people against marauders.
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:36 - the rest 2 Chronicles 17:12 - in Judah Jeremiah 34:7 - for Hosea 8:14 - and Judah
5.
He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
the king of the Ammonites: We find here, that he brought the Ammonites 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. 2 Chronicles 20:1, Judges 11:4-33, 2 Samuel 10:1-14, Jeremiah 49:1-6
ten thousand: Rather, "ten thousand cors (korim) of wheat." The cor was same as the homer, and contained about 32 pecks 1 pint.
So much: Heb. This
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 19:6 - a thousand
6.
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
Jotham: 2 Chronicles 26:5
prepared: or, established, 2 Chronicles 19:3
7.
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Now the rest: 2 Chronicles 20:34, 2 Chronicles 26:22, 2 Chronicles 26:23, 2 Chronicles 32:32, 2 Chronicles 32:33, am 3262, bc 742
they are written: There is not so much found in the book of Kings, which we have now, as here: in both places we have abridged accounts; the larger histories having been lost.
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 16:11 - Judah 2 Chronicles 28:26 - the rest
8.
He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9.
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
Jotham: 2 Kings 15:38
Reciprocal: Matthew 1:9 - Achaz