So Jotham slept with his ancestors, and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David; and his son Ahaz succeeded him — Jotham achieves a peaceful death and orderly succession to his son Ahaz, with burial in the royal necropolis in the City of David. Yet the formality of this transition masks the peril that Ahaz will immediately face: the Syro-Ephraimite coalition arrayed against Judah. Jotham's reign, characterized by righteousness coupled with institutional compromise, ends in peace; his successor will face crisis that demands harder choices.

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