KJV King James Version
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
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2 Chronicles 27:6
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
WEB World English Bible
So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Yahweh his God.
ASV American Standard Version
So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jotham doth strengthen himself, for he hath prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 27
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 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.
6 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.
9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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2 Chronicles 26:5And 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.2 Chronicles 19:3Nevertheless 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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