Bible Commentaries
2 Chronicles 27

Introduction

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 27

Jotham reigneth well; prospereth, 2 Chronicles 27:1-4;

rendereth the Ammonites tributaries: his reign. Ahaz succeedeth him, 2 Chronicles 27:5-9.

Verse 2

He entered not into the temple of the Lord, to wit, to offer incense. But seeing this was not commendable, how is this mentioned as an exception from the foregoing character, that he did as his father did in that which was right, &c.?

Answ. It is an exception only from the last clause, where also one word may be supplied out of the foregoing words, as is most usual in Scripture; thus, He did

according to all that his father Uzziah did; then it fitly follows, howbeit, &c., i.e. except in his miscarriages.

Verse 3

He built, i.e. repaired it; for it was built before, 2 Chronicles 11:5.

The high gate, otherwise called the new gate, Jeremiah 36:10.

The wall of Ophel; a tower upon or near the wall of Jerusalem, which probably he fortified, as his father had done other towers, 2 Chronicles 26:9.

Verse 5

The king of the Ammonites, it seems, endeavoured to shake off the yoke which from David’s time had been put upon them.

Verse 6

Or, directed his ways, i.e. his counsels and actions, by the rule of God’s law.