Jotham of judah biography of william shakespeare

          According to the Bible, Jotham is the king of Judah and the grandson of Zadock, but in Dryden's poem he represents George Savile, the nephew of..

          The Chronicler slips in one paragraph (only nine verses) summarizing the sixteen year reign of Judah's King Jotham.

        1. The Chronicler slips in one paragraph (only nine verses) summarizing the sixteen year reign of Judah's King Jotham.
        2. The anonymous author, often simply called “the Chronicler” by modern scholars, looks back at the old Israelite monarchy, before the Babylonian.
        3. According to the Bible, Jotham is the king of Judah and the grandson of Zadock, but in Dryden's poem he represents George Savile, the nephew of.
        4. The Chronicler's brief, undetailed account of the reign of Jotham begins and ends formulaically.
        5. In this article I critically examine the hypothesis that the early edition of the Book of Kings was written during the time of Hezekiah.

          6. The History of King Jotham

          2 Chronicles 27.

          Many instructive lessons may be gleaned from the brief record of Jotham, King of Judah. Before he came to the throne, on the judgment which befell his father in consequence of his wicked intrusion into the holy place to burn incense, he had governed the land (chap.

          26:21); but the divine estimate of his character and reign refers to him after his father's death. As the anointed king, he was held more directly responsible to God, both for his own individual state, and for that of his people and kingdom.

          It is everywhere a principle in Scripture that the more exalted the position, the greater the responsibility, that, in the Lord's own words, to whom much is given, of him much is required.

          The first thing mentioned of Jotham is that "he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah did." It is good to notice, before examining the force of this statement, the plain indication here given of paren