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2 Chronicles

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Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. See also: 1 Chronicles 3:12 Isaiah 1:1 Hosea 1:1He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that his father Uzziah had done. However he didn’t enter into the LORD’s temple. The people still acted corruptly. See also: 2 Kings 15:34-35 2 Chronicles 26:4 Psalms 119:120He built the upper gate of the LORD’s house, and he built much on the wall of Ophel. See also: 2 Chronicles 33:14 Nehemiah 3:26-27 Jeremiah 20:2Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers. See also: 2 Chronicles 11:5-10 2 Chronicles 26:9-10 2 Chronicles 14:7He also fought with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. The children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. The children of Ammon also gave that much to him in the second year, and in the third. See also: 2 Chronicles 20:1 2 Samuel 10:1-14 Jeremiah 49:1-6So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. See also: 2 Chronicles 26:5 2 Chronicles 19:3Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. See also: 2 Chronicles 20:34 2 Chronicles 32:32-33 2 Kings 15:36He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. See also: 2 Chronicles 27:1Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place. See also: 2 Kings 15:38

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)4 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

2 Chronicles 27:2

Ver. 2. Lord. Like Ozias, to offer incense. He was content with the royal dignity, without arrogating to himself that of the priests. C. --- Transgressed. Heb.

"acted corruptly," on the heights. 4 K. xv. 35. H.

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2 Chronicles 27:3

Ver. 3. Gate, on the east, repairing (T.) and beautifying it so, (H.) that Jeremias (xxvi. 10,) calls it New. T. --- Ophel, on the walls of the city, (C.) towards the eastern porch of the temple. Joseph.

S. Jer. in Isa. xxxii. 14. --- Here the Nathineans dwelt. 2 Esd. iii. 26. C. --- Kimchi,

&c. translate,

"a citadel." T.

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2 Chronicles 27:5

Ver. 5. Measures, ( coros. ) Heb. corim, also, (H.) means an "ass;" as this burden was sufficient for one, being equivalent to 30 Romans bushels. A.

Lapide. M. --- Give him. Sept. adds, "These things did the king of Ammon bring to him every year, in the first year, and in the second, and the third." H. --- After paying tribute three years, the Ammonites revolted, and were subdued by Joatham, as they had been by his father. C. xxvi. 7.

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2 Chronicles 27:7

Ver. 7. Wars, with Rasin and Phacee. 4 K. xv. 37. --- Juda. What concerned both kingdoms was carefully preserved; and Esdras informs us from what records he composed this work. C.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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