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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 27
Jotham reigns, builds up the kingdom, and subdues the Ammonites.
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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.
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
LORDa. And the people did yet
corruptly.
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2a howbeit he entered not into the temple
of the LORD This likely means that he functioned as a worthy king
but was not activly religious himself, as seems to be more of the type of
king David was in his latter years. Thus not being of a religious mind, his
influence on the people was not to move them toward the worship of Jehovah
and thus the 'people did yet corruptly', meaning likely that the people
actively sought other gods of worship rather than Jehovah.
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3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
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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.
6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
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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.
8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
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9 ¶ And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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