2 Chronicles 27
About 2 ChroniclesWritten by AI
Second Chronicles carries Israel's story from Solomon's temple to the fall of Jerusalem, and then one step further, to the decree that let the exiles go home. First and Second Chronicles were once a single book. Jewish tradition credits Ezra as the writer; many scholars simply call the author "the Chronicler," writing for the returned exiles some time after 450 BC.
This is not a copy of Kings. It follows only Judah and David's line, and it keeps asking one question: what happens when God's people seek Him, and what happens when they forsake Him? Watch how often a king is in trouble, humbles himself, and is heard. Chapter 7 gives the pattern: “if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray.”
Watch for the temple, true worship, and repentance. Chronicles gives more room than Kings to reformers like Hezekiah and Josiah, and it tells of wicked Manasseh turning back to God. It ends not in ruin but with an open door.
Before you read 2 Chronicles 27Written by AI
A short chapter on Jotham, Uzziah's son. He builds, wins against the Ammonites, and grows strong because he ordered his ways before the LORD. He does not repeat his father's sin in the temple, though the people still act corruptly.
Jotham Reigns in Judah
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. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel. He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years. So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
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. He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.