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2 Chronicles 27:1 open_in_new
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 27 Jotham reigneth well; prospereth, 2 Chronicles 27:1-4; rendereth the Ammonites tributaries: his reign. Ahaz succeedeth him, 2 Chronicles 27:5-9. No text from Poole on this verse.
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2 Chronicles 27:2 open_in_new
He entered not into the temple of the Lord, to wit, to offer incense. But seeing this was not commendable, how is this mentioned as an exception from the foregoing character, that he did as his father did in that which was right, &c.? Answ. It is an exception only from the last clause, where also one word may be supplied out of the foregoing words, as is most usual in Scripture; thus, He did according to all that his father Uzziah did; then it fitly follows, howbeit, &c., i.e. except in his miscarriages.
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2 Chronicles 27:3 open_in_new
He built, i.e. repaired it; for it was built before, 2 Chronicles 11:5. The high gate, otherwise called the new gate, Jeremiah 36:10. The wall of Ophel; a tower upon or near the wall of Jerusalem, which probably he fortified, as his father had done other towers, 2 Chronicles 26:9.
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2 Chronicles 27:4 open_in_new
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2 Chronicles 27:5 open_in_new
The king of the Ammonites, it seems, endeavoured to shake off the yoke which from David's time had been put upon them.
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2 Chronicles 27:6 open_in_new
Or, directed his ways, i.e. his counsels and actions, by the rule of God's law.
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2 Chronicles 27:7 open_in_new
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2 Chronicles 27:8 open_in_new
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2 Chronicles 27:9 open_in_new
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