The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 27:1
Jerushah . This name in the parallel is spelt with a final aleph instead of he. Nothing else is known of Jerushah, nor of her father Zadok . read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 27:1-2
Uzziah and Jotham, father and son. From the slight materials we have here, and those still more scanty in the Book of Kings, we may glean— I. THAT THE BEST PART OF UZZIAH 'S FORTUNE WAS IN HIS FATHERHOOD . He did, indeed, enjoy a very good estate; the "lines fell to him in pleasant places, and he had a goodly heritage." He had the highest position in the land, power, wealth, a large and noble sphere for great natural ability and honourable ambition ( 2 Chronicles... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 27:1-9
The blameless reign of a son who followed all that was good in a father's example, and took warning of what was wrong in it. The preacher may take occasion, from the apparently scant contents of this chapter, to enlarge on the general subject of example as a force in human life, pointing out its strong points and its weaker side; what is requisite to give it a steady and equable influence, and how there is only one perfect Example—an Example always and in all things and by all worthy to be... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 27:1-9
Features of an honourable life: Jotham. But little of Jotham's reign is recorded in Scripture, and his name is seldom on our lips. But he was a man of worth and wisdom; and, considering the comparative brevity of his life, we may say that he contributed much to his country. We learn from the account in the Second Book of Kings ( 2 Kings 15:5 )— I. THAT HE SERVED A USEFUL APPRENTICESHIP . We find that, for some time during his father's illness, he, "the king's son, was over... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 27:1-9
A brief record of a bright reign. I. JOTHAM , A GOOD MAN . 1 . Of honourable parentage. 2 . Of excellent character. II. JOTHAM SUCCESSFUL KING . 1 . The duration of his success. Throughout his entire reign of sixteen years. If his father's reign was longer and more brilliant, his was more symmetrical and complete. If he was a more obscure monarch than his father, he was probably as good a man. 2 . The nature of his success. (a) He restored and... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 27:2
Howbeit . This word purports to render the Hebrew רַק , which might find a more telling reproduction in such a phrase as "and moreover." It has been said, wherein his father did right, so did he; and to his clear advantage, where his father went wrong, he did not. The people did yet corruptly . The parallel, in its verse 35, specifies in what this consisted, viz. that they continued the high places, burning incense and sacrificing at them. The early chapters of Isaiah depict forcibly... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 27:3
The high gate. In the parallel, rendered in the Authorized Version the "higher" gate, the Hebrew ( חָעֶלְיוֹן ) being the same in both places. The Revised Version shows "upper gate" in both places. It was probably the gate which led from the palace to the temple's outer court (see 2 Chronicles 23:20 , and note there). On the wall of Ophel ; Hebrew, הָעפֶל ; i.e. the ophel, which may be Englished "the swelling ground." It was the extreme south end of the spur which gradually... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 27:4
The mountains of Judah; Hebrew, בְּהַר ; Revised Version, hill country of Judah, the Hebrew text being in the singular number (compare particularly Joshua 9:1 , where the Har is evidently placed in contrast with the Shefelah ) . Castles; Hebrew, בִּירָנִיּוֹת (so 2 Chronicles 17:12 ). The meaning is that he built forts ( Isaiah 2:15 ; Hosea 8:14 ). read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 27:5
He fought also with - the Ammonites - We find here that he brought them under a heavy tribute for three years; but whether this was the effect of his prevailing against them, is not so evident. Some think that they paid this tribute for three years, and then revolted; that, in consequence, he attacked them, and their utter subjection was the result. read more