Jotham

Jotham is a king living at the time of the divided monarchy, from the tribe of Judah. He is named in 20 verses of the Bible, first in 2 Kings 15:5.

Family

Verses

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 15:5
  And the Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
• 2 Kings 15:7
  So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
• 2 Kings 15:30
  And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
• 2 Kings 15:32
  In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
• 2 Kings 15:36
  Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
• 2 Kings 15:38
  And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
• 2 Kings 16:1
  In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 3:12
  Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
• 1 Chronicles 5:17
  All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.All of them were reckoned in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 26:21
  And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.
• 2 Chronicles 26:23
  So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
• 2 Chronicles 27:1
  Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
• 2 Chronicles 27:6
  So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
• 2 Chronicles 27:7
  Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 27:9
  And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 1:1
  The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
• Isaiah 7:1
  And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

Hosea

• Hosea 1:1
  The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

Micah

• Micah 1:1
  The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:

Matthew

• Matthew 1:9
  And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.