2 Chronicles 27:6

וַיִּתְחַזֵּק יוֹתָם כִּי הֵכִין דְּרָכָיו לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָֽיו ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5וְהוּא נִלְחַם עִם ־ מֶלֶךְ בְּנֵי ־ עַמּוֹן וַיֶּחֱזַק עֲלֵיהֶם וַיִּתְּנוּ ־ לוֹ בְנֵֽי ־ עַמּוֹן בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִיא מֵאָה כִּכַּר ־ כֶּסֶף וַעֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים כֹּרִים חִטִּים וּשְׂעוֹרִים עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים זֹאת הֵשִׁיבוּ לוֹ בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן ס וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית וְהַשְּׁלִשִֽׁית ׃

7וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי יוֹתָם וְכָל ־ מִלְחֲמֹתָיו וּדְרָכָיו הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל ־ סֵפֶר מַלְכֵֽי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוּדָֽה ׃

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 17:4כִּי לֵֽאלֹהֵי אָבִיו דָּרָשׁ וּבְמִצְוֺתָיו הָלָךְ וְלֹא כְּמַעֲשֵׂה יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

2 Chronicles 26:5וַיְהִי לִדְרֹשׁ אֱלֹהִים בִּימֵי זְכַרְיָהוּ הַמֵּבִין בִּרְאֹת הָאֱלֹהִים וּבִימֵי דָּרְשׁוֹ אֶת ־ יְהוָה הִצְלִיחוֹ הָאֱלֹהִֽים ׃ ס

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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