1 Chronicles 5:17

“All these were reckoned by genealogies, etc.] All before mentioned: in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel; not that those two kings reigned at the same time, and one and the same reckoning is meant; but, as Dr. Lightfoot f47 observes, there were two reckonings; his words are, “in the days of Jotham there was an account taken of the families of Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, (<130517>1 Chronicles 5:17) and so had there been in the days of Jeroboam the second; then at their restoring by Jeroboam out of the hands of Hamath and Syria, and now at their arming against the Assyrian, under whom they fell in the time of Pekah, and are never again restored to…”

“All these were reckoned . . . in the days of Jotham--His long reign and freedom from foreign wars as well as intestine troubles were favorable for taking a census of the people. and in the days of Jeroboam--the second of that name.”

“The writer refers here to two registrations, one made under the authority of Jeroboam II when he was king and Israel flourishing, the other made under the authority of Jotham, king of Judah, during the troublous time which followed on the great invasion of Tiglath-pileser. There is nothing surprising in a king of Judah having exercised a species of lordship over the trans-Jordanic territory at this period. return to 'Top of Page'”

“reckoned by genealogies: Ch1 5:7 Jotham: Jdg 9:5; Kg2 15:5, Kg2 15:32; Ch2 27:1 Jeroboam: Kg1 11:26; Kg2 14:16, Kg2 14:23, Kg2 14:28 1 Chronicles 5:18”