2 Chronicles 27:1-7

Jotham Succeeds Uzziah in Judah

1 ¹Jotham 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; ²however 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 ³Ophel.

4 Moreover, he built ⁴cities 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.

6 ⁵So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

7 ⁶Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, even all his wars and his acts, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

2 Chronicles 27:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 27

This chapter treats of the reign of Jotham, which was a good one, 2Ch 27:1,2, of his buildings and wars, 2Ch 27:3-6, and of his death and burial, 2Ch 27:7-9.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 15:33-35
• 2. 2 Chronicles 26:16
• 3. 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 3:26
• 4. 2 Chronicles 11:5
• 5. 2 Chronicles 26:5
• 6. 2 Kings 15:36

Footnotes

• [a] I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bu