2 Chronicles 27:1
CHAPTER XXVII _Jotham succeeds his father Uzziah, and reigns well_, 1, 2. _His buildings_, 3, 4. _His successful wars_, 5, 6. _General account of his acts, reign, and death_, 7-9. NOTES ON CHAP. XXVII... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXVII _Jotham succeeds his father Uzziah, and reigns well_, 1, 2. _His buildings_, 3, 4. _His successful wars_, 5, 6. _General account of his acts, reign, and death_, 7-9. NOTES ON CHAP. XXVII... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 27:2. _HE ENTERED NOT INTO THE TEMPLE_] He copied his father's conduct as far as it was constitutional; and avoided his transgression. See the preceding chapter. (2 Chronicles 26)... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 27:3. _ON THE WALL OF OPHEL_] The wall, says the _Targum_, of the _interior palace_. Ophel was some part of the wall of Jerusalem, that was most pregnable, and therefore Jotham fortified it in a particular manner.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 27:4. _CASTLES AND TOWERS._] These he built for the protection of the country people against marauders.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 27:5. _HE FOUGHT ALSO WITH - THE AMMONITES_] We find here that he brought them under a heavy tribute for _three_ years; but whether this was the _effect_ of his prevailing against them, is not so evident. Some think that they paid this tribute for three years, and then revolted; t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 27:7. _THE REST OF THE ACTS OF JOTHAM, AND ALL HIS WARS, AND_ _HIS WAYS_] It was in his days, according to 2 Kings 15:37, that _Rezin_ king of Syria, and _Pekah_ king of Israel, _began to cut_ _Judah short_. See the notes on 2 Kings 15:36-12. _WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE KINGS, C... [ Continue Reading ]