2 Chronicles 27


2 Chronicles 27 is the twenty-seventh Chapters and [verses of the Bible|chapter] of the Second Book of Chronicles the Old Testament in the Christian Bible or of the second part of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible. The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE. This chapter belongs to the section focusing on the kingdom of Judah until its destruction by the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar and the beginning of restoration under Cyrus the Great of Persia . The focus of this chapter is the reign of Jotham, king of Judah.

Text

This chapter was originally written in the Hebrew language and is divided into 9 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Leningradensis., and Codex Leningradensis.
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, and Codex Alexandrinus.

Old Testament references

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    Jotham, king of Judah (27:1–9)

Jotham receives positive judgment for his reign, repeating the praise for Uzziah with the addition of 'only he did not invade the temple of the LORD', and therefore was rewarded threefold :
  • He was able to build various kinds of fortresses in Judah, as well as the upper gate of the Temple and the wall of Ophel.
  • He defeated the Ammonites.
  • He got an extremely high tribute from the Ammonites for the period of three years. Because of Jotham's good behavior towards God, Rezin and Pekah could not threaten Judah during Jotham's reign.

    Verse 1

  • Cross references: 2 Kings 15:33;
  • "16 years": according to Thiele's chronology, Jotham started to reign at the age of 25 in co-regency with his father, Uzziah, around April 750 BCE, and became a sole king between September 740 BCE and September 739 BCE, after Uzziah's death in the synchronization with the reign of Hosea in the kingdom of Israel, despite the official count of 16 years of Jotham's reign. Jotham died between September 732 BCE and September 732 BCE. A royal bulla (seal) with the inscription: "Belonging to Ahaz Yehotam, King of Judah" was discovered and authenticated.
  • "Jerushah": written as "Jerusha" in 15:33.

    Verse 5

  • "100 talents": About 3¾ tons, or 3.4 metric tons. A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms. The term "talent" is used to translate the Hebrew word כִּכַּר generally referring to "something that is round", or a 'disk-shaped weight made of the metal" and, by extension, to a standard unit of weight.
  • "Measures" from Hebrew kor or cor, each was about 6 bushels or 220 liters.