7 Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Jotham, H3147 and all his wars, H4421 and his ways, H1870 lo, they are written H3789 in the book H5612 of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 and Judah. H3063
Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Uzziah, H5818 first H7223 and last, H314 did Isaiah H3470 the prophet, H5030 the son H1121 of Amoz, H531 write. H3789 So Uzziah H5818 slept H7901 with his fathers, H1 and they buried H6912 him with his fathers H1 in the field H7704 of the burial H6900 which belonged to the kings; H4428 for they said, H559 He is a leper: H6879 and Jotham H3147 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead.
Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Hezekiah, H3169 and his goodness, H2617 behold, they are written H3789 in the vision H2377 of Isaiah H3470 the prophet, H5030 the son H1121 of Amoz, H531 and in the book H5612 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 and Israel. H3478 And Hezekiah H3169 slept H7901 with his fathers, H1 and they buried H6912 him in the chiefest H4608 of the sepulchres H6913 of the sons H1121 of David: H1732 and all Judah H3063 and the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 did him H6213 honour H3519 at his death. H4194 And Manasseh H4519 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead.
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Commentary on 2 Chronicles 27 John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 27
This chapter treats of the reign of Jotham, which was a good one, 2 Chronicles 27:1, of his buildings and wars, 2 Chronicles 27:3, and of his death and burial, 2 Chronicles 27:7.
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 27
This chapter treats of the reign of Jotham, which was a good one, 2 Chronicles 27:1, of his buildings and wars, 2 Chronicles 27:3, and of his death and burial, 2 Chronicles 27:7.
Jotham was twenty five years old,.... See Gill on 2 Kings 15:33.
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.
He built the high gate in the house of the Lord,.... See the note on 2 Kings 15:35.
and on the wall of Ophel he built much; which Kimchi interprets an high place; it was the eastern part of Mount Zion. JosephusF6De Bell. Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 2. calls it Ophlas, and says it joined to the eastern porch of the temple; and some have thought the porch of the temple is meant; the Targum renders it a palace; it is a tradition of the Jews that it was the holy of holiesF7Vid. Hieron Trad. Heb. in lib. Paralipom. fol. 86. A. F. G. .
Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah,.... In the mountainous part of it, the hill country of Judea, Luke 1:65,
and in the forests he built castles and towers; for the safety of travellers, and of shepherds and their flocks, see 2 Chronicles 26:10.
He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them,.... These were brought into subjection by David; but in later times endeavoured to cast off the yoke, and even invaded the land of Judah, as in the days of Jehoshaphat, and now in the reign of Jotham, but succeeded not, see Amos 1:13.
and the children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver; he obliged them to pay this tribute annually, and which they began to pay in the present year, and amounted to 35,330 pounds:
and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley; the measure here is the "cor", the same with the "homer"; which, according to GodwinF8Moses & Aaron, l. 6. c. 9. , held forty five gallons, or five bushels and five gallons, so that there must be upwards of 50,000 bushels of each of these paid to Jotham; according to Bishop CumberlandF9Scripture Weights and Measures, ch. 3. p. 86. , a "cor", or "homer", held seventy five wine gallons, and upwards of five pints:
so much did the children of Ammon pay both the second year and the third; the two following years as well as the present one; why this tribute was not continued to be paid cannot be said with certainty, whether the Ammonites refused and revolted, and could not be obliged, or whether the agreement was only for three years.
So Jotham became mighty,.... Having built towers and castles, and fortified cities, and conquered his enemies:
because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God; ordered, directed, and guided them according to the word and will of God, and walked as in the sight of God, having the fear of him continually before him.
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars,.... Not only with the Ammonites, but with the Syrians, and ten tribes, see 2 Kings 15:37.
and his ways, lo, they are written in the books of the kings of Israel and Judah; not in the canonical books of Kings, but in the Chronicles of the kings of both nations, see 2 Kings 15:36.
He was twenty five years old,.... The same is repeated here as in 2 Chronicles 27:1.
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Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign,.... These verses are much the same with 2 Kings 16:2, only in 2 Chronicles 28:2 it is said:
he made also molten images for Baalim; the several Baals or idols of the nations round about, as well as served Jeroboam's calves; see Judges 2:11, and he is said in 2 Chronicles 28:3,
to burn incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom; to Molech, the god of the Ammonites, who was worshipped there. See Gill on 2 Kings 16:2, 2 Kings 16:3, 2 Kings 16:4.