People of the Bible
Jotham
also called Joatham · – 734 BC · Genealogy of Jesus · Tribe of Judah
Family
In the story
- Reign of Jotham · 757 BC
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The son and successor of Uzziah on the throne of Judah. As during his last years Uzziah was excluded from public life on account of his leprosy, his son, then twenty-five years of age, administered for seven years the affairs of the kingdom in his father’s stead (2 Chr. 26:21, 23; 27:1). After his father’s death he became sole monarch, and reigned for sixteen years (B.C. 759-743). He ruled in the fear of God, and his reign was prosperous. He was contemporary with the prophets Isaiah, Hosea, and Micah, by whose ministrations he profited. He was buried in the sepulchre of the kings, greatly lamented by the people (2 Kings 15:38; 2 Chr. 27:7-9).
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 20 verses
- 2 Kings
- 15:5, 15:7, 15:30, 15:32, 15:36, 15:38, 16:1
- 1 Chronicles
- 3:12, 5:17
- 2 Chronicles
- 26:21, 26:23, 27:1, 27:6, 27:7, 27:9
- Isaiah
- 1:1, 7:1
- Hosea
- 1:1
- Micah
- 1:1
- Matthew
- 1:9
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.