2 Chronicles 27:1-4

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.

27:3 He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel. ⁴  27:4 He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

[27:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[27:2]  ² tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Uzziah his father had done.”

[27:2]  ³ tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the Lord.”

[27:3]  ³ tn Heb “wall of Ophel.” See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.