Jotham of Judah

Who is Jotham of Judah?

Jotham or Yotam was the king of Judah, and son of Uzziah by Jerusha, daughter of Zadok.

Because his father Uzziah was afflicted with tzaraas when he entered the Temple to burn incense, Jotham became governor of the palace and the land at that time, i.e. coregent, while his father lived in a separate house as a leper. Thiele concluded he was 25 when he became coregent, and reigned for sixteen years. William F. Albright dated his reign to 742 – 735 BC. Edwin R. Thiele dated his coregency with Uzziah as starting in 751/750 BC and his sole reign from 740/39 to 736/735 BC, at which time he was deposed by the pro-Assyrian faction in favor of his son Ahaz. Thiele then places his death in 732/731 BC.

He is one of the kings mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew.