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About this chapterJotham, Uzziah's son, reigns sixteen years and does right in the Lord's eyes, though the people continue in corrupt practices. He builds the upper gate of the temple, towns in the hills, and forts and towers in the forests. He defeats the Ammonites and receives tribute of silver, wheat, and barley for several years. The writer explains that Jotham grew mighty because he walked steadily before the Lord, and unlike his father, he did not enter the temple uninvited. It is a short chapter that honors quiet consistency and shows that a leader's faithfulness does not always change the people.

Jotham, Uzziah's son, reigns sixteen years and does right in the Lord's eyes, though the people continue in corrupt practices. He builds the upper gate of the temple, towns in the hills, and forts and towers in the forests. He defeats the Ammonites and receives tribute of silver, wheat, and barley for several years. The writer explains that Jotham grew mighty because he walked steadily before the Lord, and unlike his father, he did not enter the temple uninvited. It is a short chapter that honors quiet consistency and shows that a leader's faithfulness does not always change the people.

Themes

  • Steady faithfulness
  • Quiet strength
  • Leaders and people

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2 Chronicles 27

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1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok. 2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly. 3Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel. 4He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests. 5Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years. 6So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. 7As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. 9And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

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