person · P0410
Yotam יותם
Son of Uziyahu, governor of the house during his father's tzaraat and then king. Kings gives him a quiet, upright reign: he built the upper gate of the Temple; in his days God began to send Retzin of Aram and Pekach ben Remalyahu against Yehudah.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- יותם
- Also known as
- Jotham
- Era
- bible
- Parents
- Uziyahu
- Children
- Achaz
II. When
- Traditional
- c. 3142–3183 AM (reigned 3167–3183, sixteen years; twenty-five at accession)
- Academic
- reigned c. 750–732 BCE (regent during his father's illness)
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈41 years
- Precision
- approximate
III. Where
- Places
- Jerusalem
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the second year of Pekach ben Remalyahu king of Israel, Yotam ben Uziyahu king of Yehudah became king: twenty-five years old at accession, he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
Directly stated in the cited source.
|
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| He built the upper gate of the house of God. | biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| The placement (reigned 3167–3183 AM) is a schematic Mesorah Atlas reconstruction: the regnal years stated in Kings are chained backward from the First Temple's destruction in 3338 AM, with sub- year reigns counted as zero — the same rule that yields Chizkiyahu 3199–3228. The cited source states the reign's length, not absolute dates.
The cited sources establish relative chronology or regnal duration; they do not state the absolute AM range.
|
tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |