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2 Chronicles 27:7

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Chronicles 27:7 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
2 Chronicles 27:7 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 27

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
4Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
5He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third.
6So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.
7Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
8He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, etc.] Not only with the Ammonites, but with the Syrians, and ten tribes, (see <121537>2 Kings 15:37) and his ways, lo, they are written in the books of the kings of Israel and Judah; not in the canonical books of Kings, but in the Chronicles of the kings of both nations, (see <121536>2 Kings 15:36).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Now the rest: Ch2 20:34, Ch2 26:22, Ch2 26:23, Ch2 32:32, Ch2 32:33, am 3262, bc 742 they are written: There is not so much found in the book of Kings, which we have now, as here. in both places we have abridged accounts; the larger histories having been lost. 2 Chronicles 27:9”
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