2 Chronicles 27:8
in 2 Chronicles 27He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
KJV
He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
⋯
This verse in 2 Chronicles 27
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the rest of the acts of Jotham
on 2 Chronicles 27:7-9
The closing formula points past Chronicles itself to a fuller source, the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, one of several royal records this book names without claiming to be. Verse 8 repeats the accession notice of verse 1, twenty-five years old and sixteen years reigned, in the reversed order five and twenty, Chronicles' own way of bracketing a reign it has already summed up. Jotham sleeps with his fathers in the city of David, and the chapter closes on Ahaz his son reigning in his stead, the name that will undo nearly everything Jotham prepared.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
); but his wars and his ways, his wars abroad and his ways at home, were so glorious that they were recorded in the book of the kings of Israel, as well as of the kings of Judah,
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
1 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. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the L ORD , according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the L ORD .
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:94%@v1-2
He was twenty five years old,.... The same is repeated here as in 2Ch 27:1.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּן־ | ben- | a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֧ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וְחָמֵ֛שׁ | vechamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| שָׁנָ֖ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הָיָ֣ה | hayah | he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְמָלְכ֑וֹ | vemalekho | when became king he | H4427 → | 348 times |
| וְשֵׁשׁ־ | veshesh- | and six- | H8337 → | 216 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| מָלַ֖ךְ | malakh | he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
בֶּן־a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עֶשְׂרִ֧יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
וְחָמֵ֛שׁand five
vechameshH2568 →343 times
שָׁנָ֖הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
הָיָ֣הhe was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
בְמָלְכ֑וֹwhen became king he
vemalekhoH4427 →348 times
וְשֵׁשׁ־and six-
veshesh-H8337 →216 times
עֶשְׂרֵ֣הteen
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned
malakhH4427 →348 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃in Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach 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
2 Chronicles 27:1Jotham 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.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 3:12
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
- 2 Kings 15:32–38
In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
- 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…
- Matthew 1:9
Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 3:12
About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.