2 Kings 15:32-38

Jotham over Judah

32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah became king.

33 ¹He was twenty-five * years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen * years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

34 ²He did what was right in the sight of the LORD; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

35 Only ³the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. ⁴He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD.

36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles * of the Kings of Judah?

37 In those days ⁵the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.

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2 Kings 15:32-38 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 15

This chapter begins with the reign of Azariah king of Judah, 2Ki 15:1-7, and then gives a short account of the several kings of Israel, to the last of them; of Zachariah, 2Ki 15:8-12, of Shallum, 2Ki 15:13,14,15 of Menahem, 2Ki 15:16-22 of Pekahiah, 2Ki 15:23-26, of Pekah, succeeded by Hoshea, the last of them, 2Ki 15:27-31, and is included with the reign of Jotham king of Judah, 2Ki 15:32-38.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

1. 2 Chronicles 27:1
2. 2 Kings 15:3, 4; 2 Chronicles 26:4, 5
3. 2 Kings 12:3
4. 2 Chronicles 23:20; 2 Chronicles 27:3
5. 2 Kings 16:5; Isaiah 7:1

Footnotes 1

[a]. I.e. Azariah