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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
2 Kings 15:32–38, “In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. 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. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 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. 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? In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 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.”
Even though Jotham’s acted as regent for his father after his father was stricken with leprosy, he didn’t become king in his own right until he was twenty five years old. He was a good king, insofar as he obeyed the Lord, kept the Law and ensured that the Temple ceremonies were followed. However, he still didn’t remove all the informal heathen practices from the Land. He acted to improve the Temple structure showing that he believed the Temple was integral to the life of Judah. During Jotham’s reign the kingdom of Israel began to unravel irretrievably. Jotham was succeeded by Ahaz, his son.
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