From d9525d9b783e06d418d247cdf1e80a42b35da8d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gayle Aukerman Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 18:14:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'content/other/jotham.md' --- content/other/jotham.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/other/jotham.md b/content/other/jotham.md index dd3720c4..a3ec5a75 100644 --- a/content/other/jotham.md +++ b/content/other/jotham.md @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ ## Definition: ## -In the Old Testament, there are three men with the name Jotham. +In the Old Testament, there were three men with the name Jotham. * One man named Jotham was the youngest son of Gideon. Jotham helped defeat his older brother Abimelech, who had killed all the rest of their brothers. * Another man named Jotham was a king over Judah for sixteen years following the death of his father Uzziah (Azariah). * Like his father, King Jotham obeyed God and was a good king. -* However, he did not remove the places of idol worship and this caused the people of Judah to later turn away from God again. +* However, he did not remove the places of idol worship he caused the people of Judah to later turn away from God again. * Jotham is also one of the ancestors listed in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the book of Matthew. (See also: [abimelech](../other/abimelech.md) **·** [ahaz](../other/ahaz.md) **·** [gideon](../other/gideon.md) **·** [uzziah](../other/uzziah.md))