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Reconciling II Kings 15:30 & 33

It must have been that Jothan served in some sort of office preparing him to be king before he actually served as king. This is all I can discover at this time (8/28/99). There are no scriptures to confirm or deny this, but I will keep looking.

2/27/02 – II Kings 15:27 states, "In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years." II Kings 15:2 records that Uzziah reigned 52 years, therefore it would seem that Pekah began to reign in the last year of Uzziah’s reign. However, II Kings 15:32 states, "In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign." These verses reflect a difference of two years.

I think what happened is that there is a joint reign between Uzziah and his son, Jothan, where Jothan was "trained" in the ways of being a king when his father was old. There is no contradiction, it just appears that way.

II Chronicles 26:16-21 tells the story of Uzziah attempting to offer sacrifice in the house of God. The priests rebuked him, and he became leprous, which stayed with him until his death. II Chronicles 26:21 confirms that Uzziah was a leper in his own separated house until the day of his death. His son, Jothan, ruled in his place. II Chronicles 26:21 states, "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."