John Gill - Exposition
John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 27 This chapter treats of the reign of Jotham, which was a good one, 2 Chronicles 27:1, of his buildings and wars, 2 Chronicles 27:3, and of his death and burial, 2 Chronicles 27:7.
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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 27 This chapter treats of the reign of Jotham, which was a good one, 2 Chronicles 27:1, of his buildings and wars, 2 Chronicles 27:3, and of his death and burial, 2 Chronicles 27:7.
John Gill
So Jotham became mighty,.... Having built towers and castles, and fortified cities, and conquered his enemies: because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God; ordered, directed, and guided them according to the word and will of God, and walked as in the sight of God, having the fear of him continually before him.
Matthew Henry
Here is a very short account of the reign of Jotham, a pious prosperous prince, of whom one would wish to have known more: but we may better dispense with the brevity of his story because that which lengthened the history of the last three kings was their degeneracy in their latter end, of which we have had a faithful account; but there was no occasion for such a melancholy conclusion of the...