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He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
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A Deliberate Repetition
Commentators like Ellicott and Gill note that this verse is a word-for-word repetition of information given in verse 1. Ellicott suggests this may be because the Chronicler was drawing from multiple historical sources, one of which placed this summary at the beginning of Jotham's reign and another at the end. This repetition serves to bracket and summarize the account of his rule.
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19th Century
Anglican
He was five and twenty years old.—A word-for-word repetition of 2 Kings 15:33, omitting the last clause about…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He was twenty five years old The same is repeated here as in (2 Chronicles 27:1) .
Presbyterian
The people acted corruptly. Perhaps Jotham was lacking in his efforts towards the reformation of the land. Men may be very good, and yet not have t…