2 Chronicles 27:6
4 He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
5 Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.
So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
7 As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
8 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
- KJV
- So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
- WEB
- So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
- ASV
- So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.
- DARBY
- And Jotham became strong, for he prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.
- BLB
- And Jotham strengthened himself because he established his ways before YHWH his God.
- ÅB
- Slik ble Jotam mektig, fordi han stadig vandret for Herrens, sin Guds åsyn.
- OTB
- Så ble Jotam mektig fordi han ordnet sine veier for Herren sin Gud.
- B1930
- Således blev Jotam mektig, fordi han stadig vandret for Herrens, sin Guds åsyn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 26:5
He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.
Read in context2 Chronicles 19:3
However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
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