2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
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And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. …
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. …
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)There is not much more related here concerning Jotham than we had before, 2 Kgs. 15:32-38 I. He reigned well. He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord ; the course of his reign was good, and pleasing to God, whose favour he made his end, and his word his rule, and (which shows that he acted from a good principle) he prepared his ways before the Lord his God (2 Chron. 27:6), that is, he…
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