Jotham came next and he was another reasonable king, and avoided the sin of Uzziah of thinking he could enter the temple of the Lord how he likes. In fact Uzziah's sin is repeated many times today. Listen to the arguments of atheists. They will often object that it is unfair that Christ is the only way to God, or to some other requirement of the Lord. What they are doing is saying that we should be free to choose how we approach God. We have got things the wrong way round here, it is God who decides how we approach Him, not the other way. Imagine if you wanted to see the Queen or the President. First the Queen would decide whether or not she wanted to see you, and if she did, she would set the terms. So it is with God.
While Jotham was reasonable, the people were not, continuing in their corrupt ways. Nevertheless, the rebuilding work continued.
Jotham also had some success against the Ammonites. Chronicles explicitly puts Jotham's increase in power down to his commitment to the Lord. Jotham died and was succeeded by Ahaz.
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