Reign of Jotham

Date: -757 (16Y)

Locations: Jerusalem

Participants: Jotham

Scripture References

• 2 Kings 15:32 — In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
• 2 Kings 15:33 — Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
• 2 Kings 15:34 — And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
• 2 Kings 15:35 — Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
• 2 Kings 15:36 — Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
• 2 Kings 15:37 — In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
• 2 Kings 15:38 — And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

Last updated: Dec 4, 2020