2 Chronicles 27:6

Jotham grew powerful because he made sure what he did followed the ways of 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

5Jotham fought with the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. The Ammonites gave him every year for three years one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand of barley.

7The rest of what Jotham did, his wars and other events, are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 17:4but worshiped the God of his father and obeyed his commandments, unlike what the kingdom of Israel was doing.

2 Chronicles 26:5He worshiped God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him to respect God. As long as he followed the Lord, God made him successful.

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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