2 Chronicles 27:2

2 He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; ¹however he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued acting corruptly.

2 Chronicles 27:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 27:2

And he did that which was right
(See Gill on 2 Kings 15:34),

howbeit, he entered not into the temple of the Lord;
to burn incense, as his father did; he did according to his good ways, but not his evil ones:

and the people did yet corruptly;
in sacrificing and burning incense in the high places, ( 2 Kings 15:35 ) which some think Joash himself did, and is meant in the preceding clause; but the sense given is best.

2 Chronicles 27:2 In-Context

1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

2 He did right in the sight of the LORD , according to all that his father Uzziah had done; however he did not enter the temple of the LORD . But the people continued acting corruptly.

3 He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD , and he built extensively the wall of Ophel.

4 Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills.

5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them so that the Ammonites gave him during that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second and in the third year.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 26:16