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| Name | JOTHAM |
| Aliases | KING OF JUDAH / SON OF UZZIAH / WHO ORDERED HIS WAYS BEFORE THE LORD |
| Status | DECEASED / REIGNED SIXTEEN YEARS / BECAME MIGHTY BECAUSE HE WALKED STEADFASTLY |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THE STEADY KING WHO GREW MIGHTY BEFORE GOD |
| Place of Birth | JERUSALEM | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | JUDAH | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | SON OF UZZIAH, OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID | People | JUDAH |
| Occupation | KING OF JUDAH | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE HOUSE OF DAVID | Calling | A KING WHO ORDERED HIS WAYS BEFORE THE LORD |
| Primary Mission | RULE JUDAH IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD | Known Signs | THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE GATE / THE SUBDUING OF AMMON |
| Covenant Role | A FAITHFUL KING IN A DECLINING AGE | Divine Access | INDIRECT / GREW MIGHTY BECAUSE HE WALKED STEADFASTLY |
| Divine Encounter Level | INDIRECT | Monarchic Classification | THE STEADFAST KING |
| Covenant Status | COVENANT KEPT | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | CONFIRMED | Threat Assessment | THE CORRUPTION OF THE PEOPLE HE COULD NOT CURE |
| Mission Status | FAITHFUL / BECAME MIGHTY BEFORE GOD | Archive Category | MONARCHY / STEADFASTNESS |
Why he became mighty: HE ORDERED HIS WAYS BEFORE THE LORD HIS GOD
The one warning against his reign: THE PEOPLE STILL FOLLOWED CORRUPT PRACTICES
The subject was the son of Uzziah, and governed the land while his father lived as a leper apart, then reigned in his own right sixteen years in Jerusalem.
He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD as his father had done, yet he learned from his father's error and did not presume to enter the temple to burn incense.
He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, did much building on the wall of Ophel, raised cities in the hill country, and forts and towers in the forests.
He went to war against the Ammonites and prevailed, and they paid him a heavy tribute of silver, wheat, and barley for three years.
The record says the subject became mighty because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. Yet the people continued in corrupt practices, a decline his faithfulness could steady but not cure, and the harder days of his son Ahaz lay ahead.
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- Strength grows in the life that steadily orders its ways before God.
- We can learn from a parent's failure and refuse to repeat it.
- A faithful leader is a blessing, though he cannot force a people's heart.
