2 Chronicles 27:1-2

Jotham’s Reign

27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ¹  His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. 27:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. ²  (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) ³  Yet the people were still sinning.

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Uzziah his father had done.”

³ tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the Lord.”