[142] Jotham ben-Uzziah was not the colleague of his father, but his public representative.
[143] The only other king of Judah whose mother's name is not mentioned (perhaps because his father Jotham had but one wife) is Ahaz.
[144] 2 Kings xi. 18; 2 Chron. xxi. 11, xxiv. 7.
[145] Vulg., Seira; Arab., Sa'ir (but the historian never uses the name Mount Seir); LXX., Σιώρ. There is perhaps some corruption in the text, and the reading of the Chronicler "with his princes" shows that it may have once been צַמ־שָׂרָיו.
[146] 2 Kings viii. 21. "The people" (i.e., the army of Judah) "fled to their tents." Apparently this means that they slunk away home. The word "tents" is a reminiscence of their nomad days, like the treasonable cry, "To your tents, O Israel."
[147] Josh. x. 29-39.
[148] Jos., Antt., IX. vi. 1.
[149] 1 Kings xix. 15, 16.
[150] 2 Kings viii. 12, 13.
[151] The name was not uncommon, 1 Chron. ii. 38, iv. 35, xii. 3.