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  • As Micah prophesied in Jotham's reign, and Isaiah in Uzziah's, Micah rests on Isaiah, whom he confirms: not vice versa.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • Sweetness and good fruit are, in Jotham's parable, the honour of the fig-tree (Judg.ix. 11), and its serviceableness therein to man, preferable to the preferment of being promoted over the trees; now to be deprived of that, was a grievous curse.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

  • Ahaz -- In the first years of his reign the design of the two kings against Judah was carried out, which was formed in Jotham's reign (2Ki

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • When Uzziah became sick and abdicated, quietly, in favor of Jotham, then a young man of twenty-five, Isaiah began to call Jotham's attention to the internal social conditions of the country; but Jotham had such a high respect for his father's ruling power that he would not alter a single law nor make a single reform.

    Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) Isaac Landman

  • Then follows Jotham, that is, ` perfect, 'for he groweth daily for greater perfection.

    Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842

  • The Parable of Jotham/The Fable of the Trees by Nemo on Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 at 2: 50: 15 PM

    Virgo New Moon, August 30, 2008 2008

  • Jotham alone, the youngest of the brothers, escaped the carnage — as it always happens in ancient histories — and harangued the Israelites, telling them that the trees went one day to choose a king; we do not well see how they could march, but if they were able to speak, they might just as well be able to walk.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • “So the curse of Jotham son of Gideon was fulfilled” Judges 9:57.

    Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007

  • Three years earlier, Jotham had pronounced a curse on his older half brother Abimelech because Abimelech had murdered his sixty-nine half brothers—only Jotham had escaped.

    Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007

  • Jotham; and in the “Paralipomena,” book 1, chap. iii., v. 11, 12, we find three generations between them — Joas, Amazias, and Azarias — of whom Luke, as well as Matthew, make no mention.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

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