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2 Chronicles 27:6

Jotham

4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.

So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.

7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

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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.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 26:5

    And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

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  • 2 Chronicles 19:3

    Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

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