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2 Chronicles 27:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7Now 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.
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Role in This Section
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech: “Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Jotham's record, age, and burial close the reign.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 27:7–9
Read 2 Chronicles 27:7 with 27:7–9. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: The narrator cites further acts and wars, sums Jotham's sixteen-year reign, and records his burial in David's city before Ahaz succeeds.
Why It Needs Context
2 Chronicles 27:7 depends on 27:7–9; isolating “Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Jotham's record, age, and burial close the reign.”
Read 2 Chronicles 27:7–9 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 27:7–9 forms the complete movement “Jotham's record, age, and burial close the reign”: The narrator cites further acts and wars, sums Jotham's sixteen-year reign, and records his burial in David's city before Ahaz succeeds.
Verse 7. 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.
Verse 8. 8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
Verse 9. 9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
Continue in Context
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Read 2 Chronicles 27:7–9 — Jotham's record, age, and burial close the reignSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Chronicles 27:7–9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
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Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
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