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2 Chronicles 27:1

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Jotham 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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 27

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Jotham was twenty and five years old--(See on 2Ki 15:32-35). Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok--or descendant of the famous priest of that name [2Sa 8:17].

This site's exposition

twenty and five years old

on 2 Chronicles 27:1-2

Jotham is twenty-five at his accession, the same age Kings gives him at 2 Kings 15:33, and his mother Jerushah is named as Zadok's daughter there too. He did right as his father Uzziah had done, but Chronicles adds a clause Kings does not carry: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord, the very room where Uzziah's censer brought him leprosy at 26:16-19. And the people did yet corruptly is Chronicles' own honest qualifier, a good king's record that will not hide what the nation still did.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Jotham was twenty five years old,.... See Gill on 2Ki 15:33.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

This short chapter runs parallel with 2 Kings (marginal reference), and is taken mainly from the same source or sources which it amplifies.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

as all that his father Uzziah the good deeds that his father had done. That is what R. Simeon ben Yohai said in Tractate Sotah (sic.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 27:2:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בֶּן־[was] a son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֨יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וְחָמֵ֤שׁand five

    vechameshH2568 →343 times

  • שָׁנָה֙year[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • יוֹתָ֣םJotham

    yotamH3147 →24 times

  • בְּמָלְכ֔וֹwhen became king he

    bemalekhoH4427 →348 times

  • וְשֵׁשׁ־and six-

    veshesh-H8337 →216 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵ֣הteen

    ʾesrehH6240 →338 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of

    veshemH8034 →864 times

  • אִמּ֔וֹmother his

    ʾimoH517 →220 times

  • יְרוּשָׁ֖ה[was] Jerusha

    yerushahH3388 →

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • צָדֽוֹק׃Zadok

    tzadokH6659 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 15:33He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.4 works1 Chronicles 3:12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,3 works1 Chronicles 5:17All of them were reckoned in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.3 works2 Kings 15:32–38In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.2 worksHosea 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.2 worksMatthew 1:9Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 1:1This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.2 worksMicah 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:2 works2 Chronicles 27:8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hosea 1:1

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of…

    it leads to

    • Romans 9:25

      As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”

    • Isaiah 1:1

      This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

    • Micah 1:1

      This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:

    • Amos 1:1

      These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son…

    • 2 Chronicles 26:1–23

      All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

  • Through

    Isaiah 1:1

    This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 26:1

      All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

    • 2 Kings 18:1

      In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 3:12

    Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 14:1

      In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 2 Chronicles 27 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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