OLD TESTAMENT

2 Chronicles 27

The Holy Bible · English

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Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that his father Uzziah had done. However he didn’t enter into the LORD’s temple. The people still acted corruptly.

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Verse 2. Lord. Like Ozias, to offer incense. He was content with the royal dignity, without arrogating to himself that of the priests. Calmet.—Transgressed. Hebrew “acted corruptly,” on the heights. 4 Kennicott. 15:35. Bible.

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He built the upper gate of the LORD’s house, and he built much on the wall of Ophel.

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Verse 3. Gate, on the east, repairing ( Tirinus.) and beautifying it so, ( Bible.) that Jeremias (26:10,) calls it New. Tirinus.—Ophel, on the walls of the city, ( Calmet.) towards the eastern porch of the temple. Joseph. Saint Jerome in Isa. xxxii. 14.—Here the Nathineans dwelt. 2 Ezra 3:26. Calmet.—Kimchi, and so forth translate, “a citadel.” Tirinus.

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Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.

He also fought with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. The children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. The children of Ammon also gave that much to him in the second year, and in the third.

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Verse 5. Measures, (coros.) Hebrew corim, also, ( Bible.) means an “ass;” as this burden was sufficient for one, being equivalent to 30 Romans bushels. A. Lapide. Menochius.—Give him. Septuagint adds, “These things did the king of Ammon bring to him every year, in the first year, and in the second, and the third.” Bible.—After paying tribute three years, the Ammonites revolted, and were subdued by Joatham, as they had been by his father. Calmet. 26:7.

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A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds

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1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels. 10,000 cors of wheat would weigh about 1,640 metric tons.

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10,000 cors of barley would weigh about 1,310 metric tons.

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

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

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Verse 7. Wars, with Rasin and Phacee. 4 Kennicott. 15:37.—Juda. What concerned both kingdoms was carefully preserved; and Esdras informs us from what records he composed this work. Calmet.

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He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.