{"commentary":{"id":"jamieson-fausset-brown","name":"Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary","website":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamieson-Fausset-Brown_Bible_Commentary","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/","licenseNotes":null,"licenseNotice":null,"englishName":"Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary","language":"eng","textDirection":"rtl","sha256":"db3d4c8b3c1f32ef9d1430a57392e02bda3a17aac1f9bbe398461de021a3cb13","availableFormats":["json"],"listOfBooksApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/books.json","listOfProfilesApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/profiles.json","numberOfBooks":66,"totalNumberOfChapters":1187,"totalNumberOfVerses":17056,"totalNumberOfProfiles":0,"languageName":"English","languageEnglishName":"English"},"book":{"id":"2CH","commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","name":"2 Chronicles","commonName":"2 Chronicles","introduction":"THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF CHRONICLES were also considered as one by the ancient Jews, who called them \"words of days,\" that is, diaries or journals, being probably compiled from those registers that were kept by the king's historiographers of passing occurrences. In the Septuagint the title given them is Paraleipomenon, \"of things omitted,\" that is, the books are supplementary because many things unnoticed in the former books are here recorded; and not only the omissions are supplied, but some narratives extended while others are added. The authorship is commonly ascribed to Ezra, whose leading object seems to have been to show the division of families, possessions, &c., before the captivity, with a view to the exact restoration of the same order after the return from Babylon. Although many things are restated and others are exact repetitions of what is contained in Kings, there is so much new and important information that, as JEROME has well said, the Chronicles furnish the means of comprehending parts of the New Testament, which must have been unintelligible without them. They are frequently referred to by Christ and the Apostles as forming part of \"the Word of God\" (see the genealogies in Mat. 1:1-16; Luk. 3:23-38; compare Ch2 19:7 with Pe1 1:17; Ch2 24:19-21 with Mat 23:32-35). \n\n\n\nNext: 2 Chronicles Chapter 1\n\n","order":14,"numberOfChapters":36,"sha256":"f291b9c58d20a01f9f30f2a2ba69c9ee6ed83a9049a1f843fb4191bd81958391","firstChapterNumber":1,"firstChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/2CH/1.json","firstChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"2CH","chapter":1},"lastChapterNumber":36,"lastChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/2CH/36.json","lastChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"2CH","chapter":36},"totalNumberOfVerses":257},"chapter":{"number":27,"content":[{"type":"verse","number":2,"content":["he did that which was right--The general rectitude of his government is described by representing it as conducted on the excellent principles which had guided the early part of his father's reign. \n\nthe people did yet corruptly--(See Kg2 15:35); but the description here is more emphatic, that though Jotham did much to promote the good of his kingdom and aimed at a thorough reformation in religion, the widespread and inveterate wickedness of the people frustrated all his laudable efforts.\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":3,"content":["He built the high gate of the house of the Lord--situated on the north--that portion of the temple hill which was high compared with the southern part--hence \"the higher,\" or upper gate (see on Kg2 15:35). He built, that is, repaired or embellished. \n\nand on the wall of Ophel--Hebrew, \"the Ophel,\" that is, the mound, or eminence on the southeastern slope of the temple mount, a ridge lying between the valleys Kedron and Tyropœon, called \"the lower city\" [JOSEPHUS]. He \n\nbuilt much--having the same desire as his father to secure the defense of Jerusalem in every direction.\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":4,"content":["in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers--that is, in the elevated and wooded spots where fortified cities could not be placed, he erected castles and towers.\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":5,"content":["HE SUBDUES THE AMMONITES. (Ch2 27:5-9)\n\nHe fought also with the king of the Ammonites--This invasion he not only repelled, but, pursuing the Ammonites into their own territory, he imposed on them a yearly tribute, which, for two years, they paid. But when Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, king of Israel, combined to attack the kingdom of Judah, they took the opportunity of revolting, and Jotham was too distracted by other matters to attempt the reconquest (see on Kg2 15:37).\n\n\n\n\nNext: 2 Chronicles Chapter 28\n\n"]}],"introduction":"JOTHAM, REIGNING WELL, PROSPERS. (Ch2 27:1-4)\n\nJotham was twenty and five years old--(See on Kg2 15:32-35). \n\nHis mother's name . . . Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok--or descendant of the famous priest of that name [Sa2 8:17].\n\n"},"thisChapterLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/2CH/27.json","thisChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"2CH","chapter":27},"nextChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/2CH/28.json","nextChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"2CH","chapter":28},"previousChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/2CH/26.json","previousChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"2CH","chapter":26},"numberOfVerses":4}