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2
Chronicles Chapter Twenty-seven
New King James Version (NKJV)
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.
2 Chronicles
27:1 Jotham was
twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in
Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah[a] the
daughter of Zadok.
YLT
1A son of twenty and five
years [is] Jotham in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in
Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
Verse 1
Jotham was twenty five years old,.... See Gill on 2 Kings 15:33.
2 Chronicles
27:2 2 And
he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to
all that his father Uzziah had done (although he did not enter the temple of
the Lord).
But still the people acted corruptly.
YLT
2And he doth that which is
right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did;
only, he hath not come in unto the temple of Jehovah; and again are the people
doing corruptly.
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 27:3 3 He built the Upper Gate of
the house of the Lord,
and he built extensively on the wall of Ophel.
YLT
3He hath built the upper
gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built
abundantly;
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. .
2 Chronicles 27:4 4 Moreover he built cities
in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.
YLT
4and cities he hath built in
the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he hath built palaces and towers.
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.
2 Chronicles 27:5 5 He also fought with the
king of the Ammonites and defeated them. And the people of Ammon gave him in
that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten
thousand of barley. The people of Ammon paid this to him in the second and
third years also.
YLT
5And he hath fought with the
king of the sons of Ammon, and prevaileth over them, and the sons of Ammon give
to him in that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of
wheat, and of barley ten thousand; this have the sons of Ammon returned to him
both in the second year, and in the third.
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.
2 Chronicles 27:6 6 So Jotham became mighty,
because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.
YLT
6And Jotham doth strengthen
himself, for he hath prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.
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.
2 Chronicles 27:7 7 Now the rest of the acts
of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, indeed they are written in the
book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
YLT
7And the rest of the matters
of Jotham, and all his battles, and his ways, lo, they are written on the book
of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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.
2 Chronicles 27:8 8 He was twenty-five years
old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
YLT
8A son of twenty and five
years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
He was twenty five years old,.... The same is repeated
here as in 2 Chronicles 27:1.
2 Chronicles 27:9 9 So Jotham rested with his
fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Ahaz his son reigned in
his place.
YLT
9and Jotham lieth with his
fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaz his son in
his stead.
1-4.
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.
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