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Jehovah is perfect. (12.) The youngest son and successor of Gideon's seventy sons. He escaped when Uzziah on the rest were put to death by the order throne of Abimelech (JudgJudah. 9:5). When "the citizens As during his last years Uzziah was excluded from public life on account of Shechem and the whole house his leprosy, his son, then twenty-five years of Millo" were gathered together "by age, administered for seven years the plain affairs of the pillar" kingdom in his father's stead (i2 Chr.e., the stone set up by Joshua26:21, 24:2623; comp. Gen. 3527:41) "that was in Shechem, to make Abimelech king," from one of the heights of Mount Gerizim . After his father's death he protested against their doing so in the earliest parablebecame sole monarch, that of the brambleand reigned for sixteen years (B.C. 759-king743). His words then spoken were prophetic. There came a recoil He ruled in the feelings fear of God, and his reign was prosperous. He was contemporary with the people toward Abimelechprophets Isaiah, Hosea, and then a terrible revengeMicah, by whose ministrations he profited. He was buried in which many were slain and the city sepulchre of Shechem was destroyed the kings, greatly lamented by Abimelech the people (Judg. 92 Kings 15:45)38; 2 Chr. Having delivered his warning, Jotham fled to Beer from the vengeance of Abimelech (927:7-219).
(2.) 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). {{returnto}} [[Easton's Bible Dictionary]] | [[Jotham]]
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Jehovah is perfect.
(1.) The youngest of Gideon's seventy sons. He escaped when the rest were put to death by the order of Abimelech (Judg. 9:5). When "the citizens of Shechem and the whole house of Millo" were gathered together "by the plain of the pillar" (i.e., the stone set up by Joshua, 24:26; comp. Gen. 35:4) "that was in Shechem, to make Abimelech king," from one of the heights of Mount Gerizim he protested against their doing so in the earliest parable, that of the bramble-king. His words then spoken were prophetic. There came a recoil in the feelings of the people toward Abimelech, and then a terrible revenge, in which many were slain and the city of Shechem was destroyed by Abimelech (Judg. 9:45). Having delivered his warning, Jotham fled to Beer from the vengeance of Abimelech (9:7-21).
