_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._ Jotham was twenty and five years old - (see the notes at 2 Kings 15:32.) HIS MOTHER'S NAME ALSO WAS JERUSHAH, THE DAUGHTER OF ZADOK -... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT HIS FATHER UZZIAH DID: HOWBEIT HE ENTERED NOT INTO THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD. AND THE PEOPLE DID YET CORRUPTLY._ He did that which was right. The general rectitude of his government is described by representing it as cond... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE BUILT THE HIGH GATE OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND ON THE WALL OF OPHEL HE BUILT MUCH._ 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, 2 Kings 15:35. "He b... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER HE BUILT CITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF JUDAH, AND IN THE FORESTS HE BUILT CASTLES AND TOWERS._ In the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers - i:e., in the elevated and wooded spots х_ BECHªRAASHIYM_ (H2793), in the dense woods] (1 Samuel 23:15; Ezekiel 31:3), whe... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE FOUGHT ALSO WITH THE KING OF THE AMMONITES, AND PREVAILED AGAINST THEM. AND THE CHILDREN OF AMMON GAVE HIM THE SAME YEAR AN HUNDRED TALENTS OF SILVER, AND TEN THOUSAND MEASURES OF WHEAT, AND TEN THOUSAND OF BARLEY. SO MUCH DID THE CHILDREN OF AMMON PAY UNTO HIM, BOTH THE SECOND YEAR, AND THE THI... [ Continue Reading ]