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  • Chapter 27

    Jotham's reign in Judah.


  • CHAPTER 27

    2 Chronicles 27:1-4 . JOTHAM, REIGNING WELL, PROSPERS.

    1. Jotham was twenty and five years
    His mother's name . . . Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok--or descendant of the famous priest of that name [ 2 Samuel 8:17 ].

    2. he did that which was right--The general rectitude of his government is described by representing it as conducted on the excellent principles which had guided the early part of his father's reign.

    3. He built the high gate of the house of the Lord--situated on the north--that portion of the temple hill which was high compared with the southern part--hence "the higher," or upper gate
    and on the wall of Ophel--Hebrew, "the Ophel," that is, the mound, or eminence on the southeastern slope of the temple mount, a ridge lying between the valleys Kedron and Tyropoeon, called "the lower city" [JOSEPHUS]. He
    built much--having the same desire as his father to secure the defense of Jerusalem in every direction.

    4. in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers--that is, in the elevated and wooded spots where fortified cities could not be placed, he erected castles and towers.

    2 Chronicles 27:5 . HE SUBDUES THE AMMONITES.
