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Verse 2 Chronicles 27:3. _ON THE WALL OF OPHEL_] The wall, says the
_Targum_, of the _interior palace_. Ophel was some part of the wall of
Jerusalem, that was most pregnable, and therefore Jotham fort...
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CHAPTER 27 THE REIGN OF JOTHAM
_ 1. The reign of Jotham (2 Chronicles 27:1)_
2. The death of Jotham (2 Chronicles 27:7)
The record of the reign of Jotham is brief in both 2 Kings and in
Chronicles....
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THE REIGN OF JOTHAM. See notes on 2 Kings 15:33, from which this
section is taken, with the exception of 2 Chronicles 27:4, which is
probably derived from some other source....
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HIGH. upper.
OPHEL. the Ophel; or, the lofty place or tower at the north end of the
hill of Zion, between Zion and the Temple....
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_the high gate_ R.V. THE UPPER GATE; cp. 2 Chronicles 23:20.
_Ophel_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 3:26-27. It was a southern
spur of the Temple Hill. _Bädeker_, p. 21....
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AND ON THE WALL OF OPHEL HE BUILT MUCH— _And he repaired much in the
walls of the ascent._ See Nehemiah 3:26. Houbigant.
REFLECTIONS.—The reign of Jotham was pious and prosperous.
1. He copied the be...
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LESSON TWENTY-TWO 27-29
THE REIGN OF JOTHAM. AHAZ AND HIS ALLIES.
HEZEKIAH, RELIGIOUS REFORMER.
12. THE REIGN OF JOTHAM. (Chapter 27)
INTRODUCTION
Jotham avoided God's house and failed as king in...
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_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 whic...
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27:3 Ophel (d-19) Portion of Jerusalem lying south-west of the temple
mount....
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OPHEL] the southern extremity of the Temple hill....
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THE REIGN OF JOTHAM
This chapter repeats the substance of 2 Kings 15:32, but expands the
account of Jotham's buildings, and relates a war with Ammon about
which Kings is silent....
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
The *Kingdom called Judah
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 27
JOTHAM – 2 CHRONICLES 27:1-9
V1 Jotham was 25 years old when he bec...
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HE BUILT. — _He it was that built_ (pronoun emphatic). He
“built,” _i.e.,_ restored and beautified. The same statement
occurs in 2 Kings 15:35.
THE HIGH GATE. — Rather, _the upper gate; i.e.,_ the nor...
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ה֗וּא בָּנָ֛ה אֶת ־שַׁ֥עַר בֵּית
־יְהוָ֖ה הָ
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UZZIAH, JOTHAM, AND AHAZ
2 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Chronicles 27:1; 2 Chronicles 28:1
AFTER the assassination of Amaziah, all the people of Judah took his
son Uzziah, a lad of sixteen, calle
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ORDERING HIS WAY BEFORE GOD
2 Chronicles 27:1
This story of Jotham is memorable if only for one sentence; that he
became mighty because he ordered his way before the Lord his God. _We
should order ou...
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Uzziah was succeeded by Jotham. We have very few details of his reign.
In all probability the sixteen years referred to by the chronicler
cover a period in which he was exercising authority while his...
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He built the high (c) gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall
of Ophel he built much.
(c) Which was 60 cubits high and was for the height called Ophel: it
was at the east gate and mention is m...
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_Gate, on the east, repairing (T.) and beautifying it so, (H.) that
Jeremias (xxvi. 10,) calls it New. T. --- Ophel, on the walls of the
city, (C.) towards the eastern porch of the temple. Josephus) S...
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Nothing particularly interesting, more than the common events in the
records of the kings of Judah and Israel, meets us in these verses.
That they lived, and fought, and built, and died, seems the gre...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 27 THROUGH 31.
Jotham, the son of Uzziah, walks uprightly; and he avoids his father's
fault; but the people are still corrupt. Nevertheless the faithfulness...
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HE BUILT THE HIGH GATE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,.... See the note on 2
Kings 15:35
AND ON THE WALL OF OPHEL HE BUILT MUCH; which Kimchi interprets an
high place; it was the eastern part of Mount Zion...
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He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of
Ophel he built much.
Ver. 3. _He built the high gate._] See 2 Kings 15:35 .
_ And on the wall of Ophel._] This was, saith Adrichomi...
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_A.M. 3246. B.C. 758._
Jotham reigns well and prospers, 2 Chronicles 27:1. _The conclusion of
his reign, 2 Chronicles 27:7._
2 Chronicles 27:2. _He did that which was right_
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1 Iotham reigning well, prospereth.
5 He subdueth the Ammonites.
7 His reigne.
9 Ahaz succeedeth him.
1 IOTHAM [NOTE: 2 Kings 15:32.] was twenty and fiue yeeres olde, when
hee began to reigne, and...
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He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, that is, he repaired
this gate on the upper side of the Temple area, AND ON THE WALL OF
OPHEL, on the southern slope of the Temple mountain, HE BUILT M...
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THE REIGN OF JOTHAM....
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THE REIGN OF JOTHAM
(vv.1-9)
Jotham's reign was comparatively short, just 16 years, and he died at
41years. He did what was right as his father had done, though he did
not follow his father's bad ex...
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OPHEL:
Or, the tower...
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HE BUILT, i.e. repaired it; for it was built before, 2 CHRONICLES
11:5. THE HIGH GATE, otherwise called _the new gate_, JEREMIAH 36:10.
THE WALL OF OPHEL; a tower upon or near the wall of Jerusalem, w...
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2 Chronicles 27:3 built H1129 (H8804) Upper H5945 Gate H8179 house
H1004 LORD H3068 built H1129 (H8804) ex
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CONTENTS: Reign of Jotham in Judah and his death.
CHARACTERS: God, Jotham.
CONCLUSION: The more steadfast we are in religion, the mightier we
shall be for the resistance of evil and the performance...
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2 Chronicles 27:3. On _the wall of Ophel he built much._ Villapandus,
in his plan of Jerusalem, places Ophel on the east of the city, and
near the temple. Its tower was said to touch the clouds. The
N...
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_And on the wall of Ophel he built much._
BUILDING ON OPHEL
Ophel means “the mount.” Where was the mount? On the southern
slope. Why did the king build so much on Ophel? Because it was most
accessibl...
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2 CHRONICLES 27:1 Jotham. The account of Jotham’s reign (750–735
B.C., including 10 years as co-regent with Uzziah) shows that his
military success and power were due to his faithfulness to God (v....
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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 27:3 OPHEL. The higher part of the
area between the Temple Mount and the city of David (2 Chronicles
33:14;
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter is par. with 2 Kings 15:32, and taken
mainly from the same source or sources. Ampler than narrative in
Kings, and given with certain religious reflections after manner of...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter of nine verses is paralleled by the seven verses of 2
Kings 15:32-12. It consists of personal particulars respecting Jotham
(2 Kings 15:1, 2 Kings 15:2); his building and his w...
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And chapter 27 takes up the reign of Jotham.
Twenty-five years old when he began to reign, reigned for sixteen
years. He did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, just like
his father Uzziah...
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2 Chronicles 23:20; 2 Chronicles 33:14; Jeremiah 20:2; Nehemiah 3:26;...
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Built — Repaired it: for it was built before, 2 Chronicles 11:5....