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The writer here resumes the history of Judah from 2 Kings 15:7, before resuming and concluding the history of Israel in 2 Kings 17.

THE REIGN OF JOTHAM IN JERUSALEM. (Compare to 2 Chronicles 27:0)
In the second year of Pekah. …

In the second year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah king of
Israel, began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of …

Jotham showed great respect for the temple. If magistrates cannot do all they would, then to suppress vice and profaneness, let them do all the mor…
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