2 Chronicles 27:1

“Jotham was twenty five years old, etc.] (see Gill on “<121533>2 Kings 15:33”).”

“JOTHAM, REIGNING WELL, PROSPERS. (Ch2 27:1-4) Jotham was twenty and five years old--(See on Kg2 15:32-35). His mother's name . . . Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok--or descendant of the famous priest of that name [Sa2 8:17].”

“This short chapter runs parallel with 2 Kings (marginal reference), and is taken mainly from the same source or sources which it amplifies. return to 'Top of Page'”

“27:1 After a co-regency of eleven years with his father, Uzziah (750–740 BC), Jotham became king in his own right and reigned five more years (740–735 BC). This represents the sixteen years mentioned in the text. Jotham lived at least four more years, for we read that Hoshea came to power in the northern kingdom “in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah” (2 Kgs 15:30). But Jotham’s son, Ahaz, had already begun a co-regency with Jotham. After Jotham’s sixteen official years, Ahaz began to rule in his father’s stead (see study note on 2 Kgs 16:1-2). However, Ahaz presumably had his official accession ceremony following his father’s death in 732 BC, so the author of 2 Chronicles reckons…”

“am 3246-3262, bc 753-742 twenty and five: Kg2 15:32, Kg2 15:33-38; Ch1 3:12; Isa 1:1; Hos 1:1; Mic 1:1; Mat 1:9, Joatham 2 Chronicles 27:2”

“Jotham having ascended the throne at the age of twenty-five, reigned altogether in the spirit and power of his father, with the single limitation that he did not go into the sanctuary of Jahve (cf. Ch2 26:16.). This remark is not found in 2 Kings 15, because there Uzziah's intrusion into the temple is also omitted. The people still did corruptly (cf. Ch2 26:16). This refers, indeed, to the continuation of the worship in the high places, but hints also at the deep moral corruption which the prophets of that time censure (cf. especially Isa 2:5., Ch2 5:7.; Mic 1:5; Mic 2:1.). 2 Chronicles 27:3”