Atomic Bible

King of Judah and son of Uzziah

Jotham

Named in 20 verses across 7 books, first in 2 Kings 15:5.

יוֹתָםJotham

ἸωάθαμJotham

The name means “the perfection of the Lord.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

Father
Uzziah
Mother
Jerusha
Children
Ahaz
People
Tribe of Judah

About Jotham Written by AI

Jotham was a king of Judah who reigned for sixteen years, from approximately 750 to 735 BC (2 Kings 15:32 to 33; 2 Chronicles 27:1). He was the son of Uzziah (also known as Azariah) and succeeded him as king (2 Kings 15:7; 2 Chronicles 26:23). Jotham became co-regent with his father Uzziah when Uzziah was struck with leprosy for burning incense in the temple (2 Kings 15:5; 2 Chronicles 26:21). After Uzziah's death, Jotham assumed full control of the kingdom (2 Kings 15:7; 2 Chronicles 26:23). During his reign, Jotham is described as doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord, following the example of his father Uzziah (2 Kings 15:34; 2 Chronicles 27:2). He rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple and carried out construction projects on the wall at Ophel (2 Chronicles 27:3). Jotham also successfully waged war against the Ammonites, subjecting them to tribute (2 Chronicles 27:5). He became powerful because he walked steadfastly before the Lord his God (2 Chronicles 27:6). The prophets Isaiah, Hosea, and Micah prophesied during Jotham's reign (Isaiah 1:1; Hosea 1:1; Micah 1:1). Jotham died and was buried with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Ahaz succeeded him as king (2 Kings 15:38; 2 Chronicles 27:7).

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Jotham, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

Jehovah is perfect. (1.) The youngest of Gideon’s seventy sons. He escaped when the rest were put to death by the order of Abimelech (Judg. 9:5). When “the citizens of Shechem and the whole house of Millo” were gathered together “by the plain of the pillar” (i.e., the stone set up by Joshua, 24:26; comp. Gen. 35:4) “that was in Shechem, to make Abimelech king,” from one of the heights of Mount Gerizim he protested against their doing so in the earliest parable, that of the bramble-king. His words then spoken were prophetic. There came a recoil in the feelings of the people toward Abimelech, and then a terrible revenge, in which many were slain and the city of Shechem was destroyed by Abimelech (Judg. 9:45). Having delivered his warning, Jotham fled to Beer from the vengeance of Abimelech (9:7-21).

(2.) The son and successor of Uzziah on the throne of Judah. As during his last years Uzziah was excluded from public life on account of his leprosy, his son, then twenty-five years of age, administered for seven years the affairs of the kingdom in his father’s stead (2 Chr. 26:21, 23; 27:1). After his father’s death he became sole monarch, and reigned for sixteen years (B.C. 759-743). He ruled in the fear of God, and his reign was prosperous. He was contemporary with the prophets Isaiah, Hosea, and Micah, by whose ministrations he profited. He was buried in the sepulchre of the kings, greatly lamented by the people (2 Kings 15:38; 2 Chr. 27:7-9).

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names him

  1. 2 Kings 15:5

    And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

  2. 2 Kings 15:7

    And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

  3. 2 Kings 15:30

    Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.

  4. 2 Kings 15:32

    In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.

  5. 2 Kings 15:36

    As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

  6. 2 Kings 15:38

    And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

  7. 2 Kings 16:1

    In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

  8. 1 Chronicles 3:12

    Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

  9. 1 Chronicles 5:17

    All of them were recorded in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.

  10. 2 Chronicles 26:21

    So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.

  11. 2 Chronicles 26:23

    And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings, for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

  12. 2 Chronicles 27:1

    Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

  13. 2 Chronicles 27:6

    So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

  14. 2 Chronicles 27:7

    As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

  15. 2 Chronicles 27:9

    And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

  16. Isaiah 1:1

    This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

  17. Isaiah 7:1

    Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

  18. Hosea 1:1

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

  19. Micah 1:1

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:

  20. Matthew 1:9

    Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.