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2 Kings 15:36

in 2 Kings 15

As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

KJV

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

This verse in 2 Kings 15

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 15:32 · Written before 373.

"In the second year of King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel, King Jotham son of Uzziah of Judah began to reign." After rising to power in that year, Jotham administered the government [of Judah] for sixteen years, earning great praise. While the second book …

This site's exposition

according to all that his father Uzziah had done

on 2 Kings 15:34-36

Jotham earns the same right verdict his father did, and the same qualification follows him, the high places were not removed, this chapter's second use of that formula after verse 4. He is credited with one specific work, the higher gate of the house of the Lord, a rare case in these short notices where a king's own building is named rather than only summarized. The closing formula points to a fuller record in the chronicles of the kings of Judah, the same source cited for every king in this chapter.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The history of many of the kings of Israel that reigned at the same time is given us in short, five in succession, all of whom, except one, went down slain to the pit, and their murders were their successors. Zachariah, the last of the house of Jehu, reigned six months, and then was slain and succeeded by Shallum,
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Of which mention is often made by the inspired historians; some of Jotham's other acts are recorded in the canonical book of Chronicles, 2Ch 27:1.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham - These acts are distinctly stated in 2Ch 27:1-9. He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and he built much on the wall of Ophel. He built cities in the mountains of Judah; and in the forests he built castles and towers. He overthrew the Ammonites; and obliged them to give him one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley, for three consecutive years. He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years.

The words behind it

14 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.

  • וְיֶ֛תֶרand [the] rest of

    veyeterH3499102 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] matters of

    divreiH16971440 times

  • יוֹתָ֖םJotham

    yotamH314724 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • עָשָׂ֑הhe did

    ʾasahH62132628 times

  • הֲלֹא־¿ not

    halo'-H38085168 times

  • הֵ֣ם[are] they

    hemH1992553 times

  • כְּתוּבִ֗יםwritten

    ketuvimH3789224 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • סֵ֛פֶר[the] scroll of

    seferH5612186 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] matters of

    divreiH16971440 times

  • הַיָּמִ֖יםthe days

    haiyamimH31172304 times

  • לְמַלְכֵ֥יof [the] kings of

    lemalkheiH44282525 times

  • יְהוּדָֽה׃Judah

    yehudahH3063819 times

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

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 15:32; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.