Joatham’s good reign.
Ioathan a godlie king, 5. preuaileth in battel against the Ammonites. 7. dieth, and his sonne Achaz succedeth.
1Joatham was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jerusa the daughter of Sadoc.Venticinque anni avea Joatham quando cominciò a regnare; e se dici anni regnò in Gerusalemme: sua madre ebbe nome Jerusa figliuola di Sadoc.FIVE and twentie yeares old was Ioathan when he began •o reigne, and he reigned sixtene yeares in Ierusalem: the name of his mother was Ierusa the daugter of Sadoc.Viginti quinque annorum erat Joatham cum regnare cœpisset, et sedecim annis regnavit in Jerusalem: nomen matris ejus Jerusa filia Sadoc. 2And he did that which was right before the Lord, according to all that Ozias his father had done, only that he entered not into the temple of the Lord, and the people still transgressed.Ed egli fece quello, che era giusto dinanzi al Signore, imitando in tutto Ozia suo padre, eccetto che egli non entrò nel tempio del Signore: ma il popolo peccava tutt'ora.And he did that which was right before our Lord, according to al thinges, which Ozias his father had done, sauing that he entered not into the temple of our Lord, and as yet the people did sinne.Fecitque quod rectum erat coram Domino, juxta omnia quæ fecerat Ozias pater suus, excepto quod non est ingressus templum Domini: et adhuc populus delinquebat. 3He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.Egli edificò l'altissima porta della casa del Signore, e molte cose fece sulle mura di Ophel.He built the high gate of the house of our Lord, and in the wal of Ophel he built manie thinges.Ipse ædificavit portam domus Domini excelsam, et in muro Ophel multa construxit. 4Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Juda, and castles and towers in the forests.Edifico parimente delle città sui monti di Giuda, e delle castella, e delle torri ne' boschi.Cities also he built in the mountaynes of Iuda, and castelles and towres in the forrestes.Urbes quoque ædificavit in montibus Juda, et in saltibus castella et turres. 5He fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and overcame them, and the children of Ammon gave him at that time a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and as many measures of barley: so much did the children of Ammon give him in the second and third year.Egli fece guerra al re degli Ammoniti, e li vinse, e gli Ammoniti allora gli diedero cento talenti di argento, e dieci mila cori di grano, e altrettanti di orzo: queste cose le diedero a lui gli Ammoniti l'anno secondo, e il terzo.He fought agaynst the king of the children of Ammon, and ouercame them, and the children of Ammon gaue him at that time an hundred talentes of siluer, and tenne thousand cores of wheate, and as manie cores of barley: the children of Ammon gaue him these thinges in the second and third yeare.Ipse pugnavit contra regem filiorum Ammon, et vicit eos, dederuntque ei filii Ammon in tempore illo centum talenta argenti, et decem millia coros tritici, ac totidem coros hordei: hæc ei præbuerunt filii Ammon in anno secundo et tertio.
6And Joatham was strengthened, because he had his way directed before the Lord his God.E Joatham diventò potente, perchè egli avea regolate le sue vie sul volere del Signore Dio suo.And Ioathan was strengthened, because he had directed his waies before our Lord his God.Corroboratusque est Joatham, eo quod direxisset vias suas coram Domino Deo suo. 7Now the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all his wars, and his works, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Juda.Il rimanente poi delle azioni di Joatham, e tutte le sue battaglie, e le imprese sono scritte nel libro dei re di Israele, e di Giuda.But the rest of the wordes of Ioathan, and al his battels, and workes, are writen in the Booke of the kinges of Israel and Iuda.Reliqua autem sermonum Joatham, et omnes pugnæ ejus et opera, scripta sunt in libro regum Israël et Juda. 8He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.Egli avea venticinque anni quando principiò a regnare; e sedici anni regnò in Gerusalemme.He was fiue and twentie yeares old when he began to reigne, and he reigned sixtene yeares in Ierusalem.Viginti quinque annorum erat cum regnare cœpisset, et sedecim annis regnavit in Jerusalem. 9And Joatham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.Indi Joatham si addormentò co' padri suoi, e fu sepolto nella città di David: e gli succedette nel regno Achaz suo figliuolo.And Ioathan slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the Citie of Dauid: and Achaz his sonne reigned for him.Dormivitque Joatham cum patribus suis, et sepelierunt eum in civitate David: et regnavit Achaz filius ejus pro eo.
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Year of the World 3246, Year before Christ 758.
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Calmet
Lord. Like Ozias, to offer incense. He was content with the royal dignity, without arrogating to himself that of the priests. (Calmet)
Haydock
Transgressed. Hebrew, "acted corruptly," on the heights, 4 Kings 15:35. (Haydock)
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Tirinus
Gate, on the east, repairing (Tirinus) and beautifying it so, (Haydock) that Jeremias (xxvi. 10,) calls it New. (Tirinus)
Ophel, on the walls of the city, (Calmet) towards the eastern porch of the temple. (Josephus) (St. Jerome in Isaias 32:14.)
Calmet
Here the Nathineans dwelt, 2 Esdras 3:26. (Calmet)
Tirinus
Kimchi, etc., translate, "a citadel." (Tirinus)
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Menochius
Measures, (coros.) Hebrew corim, also, (Haydock) means an "ass;" as this burden was sufficient for one, being equivalent to 30 Roman bushels. (Cornelius a Lapide) (Menochius)
Haydock
Give him. Septuagint adds, "These things did the king of Ammon bring to him every year, in the first year, and in the second, and the third." (Haydock)
After paying tribute three years, the Ammonites revolted, and were subdued by Joatham, as they had been by his father, 2 Paralipomenon 26:7.
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Calmet
Juda. What concerned both kingdoms was carefully preserved; and Esdras informs us from what records he composed this work. (Calmet)
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Concordance 4. Reg. 15.
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St Hegesippus † AD 180 Fragments from His Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church 1
… and he used to be found kneeling on his knees, begging forgiveness for the people—so that the skin of his knees became horny like that of a camel’s, by reason of his constantly bending the knee in adoration to God, and begging forgiveness for the people. Therefore, in consequence of his pre-eminent justice, he was called the Just , and Oblias ,
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2. EXCEPT THAT HE DID NOT ENTER THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, — to burn incense, as his father Ozias had done, as if to say: Joatham imitated the piety of his father, but not the rashness by which he burned incense, which was the duty of priests. AND YET THE PEOPLE SINNED, — in the usual manner by sacrificing on the high places. This evil became inveterate and common to the people; wherefore Joatham, fearing their offense and rebellion, did not dare to remove it. Josephus, lib. IX, cap. xi, gives this commendation to Joatham: "No virtue was lacking to him toward God, pious, just toward men, and devoted to the commonwealth."
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3. HE HIMSELF BUILT (restored, enlarged, adorned) THE HIGH GATE OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, — namely the Eastern gate through which from the front was the entrance into the temple, which was the primary and highest. AND IN THE WALL OF OPHEL: — this was a tower in Jerusalem so high that the eyes would grow dim looking at its summit. For "Ophel" in Hebrew signifies dimness. See the remarks on Isaiah xxxii, 14. Hear Adrichomius in the description of Jerusalem, num. 55: "Ophel, which Josephus calls Ophlam, was a tower of enormous height, as if inserting its head into a cloud, and a fortified citadel, surrounded by a strong wall, near the temple, yet outside the wall which enclosed the dwelling of the priests. In the wall of this Joatham the king built many things. And Manasses repaired the walls of the city to such an extent. In this dwelt the Nethinim. Into this Manahemus the tyrant fled and was captured and killed. This same the soldiers of Titus burned."
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
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… 9), but an earthquake once again devastates J. (Am. 1, 1; Zech. 14, 15) and the desolation would have been complete had not Jotham (738) attended to the fortifications, already begun by his father, especially in the region of Ophel (II Kings 15, 35; II Chron. 27, 2-3).
… He was a zealous Yahwist king, but he tolerated, as generally did his predecessors, the superstitious rites on the bāmāth or high places, to which the people were always tenaciously attached (II Chron. 27:2).
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… All the other times há-'áphēl in the Bible designates the southeastern hill of the city of Jerusalem, whose wall was built by Jotham (II Chron. 27:5), enlarged and repaired by Manasseh (II Chron. 32:14) and after the exile by the Tekoites (Neh. 3:27 [Vulg. murum templi]; 11:21; II Chron. 27:3; 33:14).
… "of the priests." It was reached by 8 steps (15) (I Kings 6, 36; II Chron. 4, 9). It surrounded the sanctuary (I Kings 8, 64), and was separated from the outside by a wall built with 3 courses of stone and one course of cedar wood (ibid. 8, 64; 6, 36; II Chron. 27, 3). It had no gates except on the west (the high gate on the east; II Chron. 27, 3). There were rooms for various uses (I Chron. 9, 33; Jer. 35, 4; 36, 10). The measurements of the courts …
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… The victory over the Ammonites, mentioned in II Chron. 27:5 (cf. 26:7), is probably to be referred to the years of joint rule. …
… All the other times há-'áphēl in the Bible designates the southeastern hill of the city of Jerusalem, whose wall was built by Jotham (II Chron. 27:5), enlarged and repaired by Manasseh (II Chron. 32:14) and after the exile by the Tekoites (Neh. 3:27 [Vulg. murum templi]; 11:21; II Chron. 27:3; 33:14).
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… The author utilized not a few sources and documents, sometimes citing them explicitly as well, namely: a) "books of the kings of Israel and Judah" (II Par. 27, 7); "books of the kings of Judah and Israel" (ibid. 16, 11); "words (= deeds) of the kings of Israel" (ibid. 33, 18); it is not certain whether they are the same work, but they are distinguished …
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The formula "from D. to Beersheba" indicates the extreme limits of Palestine (Judg. 20:1; I Sam. 3:20; II Sam. 3:10; 17:11; 24:2, 15; I Kings 4:25; I Chron. 21:2; II Chron. 12:35; 27:37). The tribe is omitted in the genealogies of I Chron. 2-12; it seems that it became extinct after the emigration of the majority of its members to Laish. …
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