2 Chronicles 27:6

And Jotham was strengthened, because he had directed his way before the Lord his God.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5He fought against the king of the sons of Ammon, and he defeated them. And at that time, the sons of Ammon gave to him one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cor of wheat, and the same number of cor of barley. These things the sons of Ammon offered to him in the second and third year.

7Now the rest of the words of Jotham, and all his battles and works, have been written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 17:4but in the God of his father. And he advanced in his precepts, and not according to the sins of Israel.

2 Chronicles 26:5And he sought the Lord, during the days of Zechariah, who understood and saw God. And while he was seeking the Lord, he directed him in all things.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 27:2-9

The Reign of Jotham. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord . And the people did yet corruptly. 3 He built the high gate of the house of the Lord , and on the wall of Ophel he built much. 4 Moreover he built cities in the… Read the whole commentary →

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