2 Chronicles 27:6
New International Version
Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the LORD his God.

New Living Translation
King Jotham became powerful because he was careful to live in obedience to the LORD his God.

English Standard Version
So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

Berean Standard Bible
So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

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

New King James Version
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.

New American Standard Bible
So Jotham became powerful because he directed his ways before the LORD his God.

NASB 1995
So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

NASB 1977
So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Jotham became strong because he established his ways before Yahweh his God.

Amplified Bible
So Jotham grew powerful, because he directed his ways before the LORD his God.

Christian Standard Bible
So Jotham strengthened his position because he did not waver in obeying the LORD his God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Jotham strengthened himself because he did not waver in obeying the LORD his God.

American Standard Version
So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And in the second year and the third Yutham was strengthened, because he ordered his ways before LORD JEHOVAH God.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Joatham grew strong, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.

Contemporary English Version
Jotham remained faithful to the LORD his God and became a very powerful king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joatham was strengthened, be- cause he had his way directed before the Lord his God.

English Revised Version
So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to live as the LORD his God wanted.

Good News Translation
Jotham grew powerful because he faithfully obeyed the LORD his God.

International Standard Version
Jotham grew in power because he had determined to live his life in the presence of the LORD his God.

JPS Tanakh 1917
So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

Literal Standard Version
And Jotham strengthens himself, for he has prepared his ways before his God YHWH.

Majority Standard Bible
So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

New American Bible
Thus Jotham continued to grow strong because he made sure to walk before the LORD, his God.

NET Bible
Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to please the LORD his God.

New Revised Standard Version
So Jotham became strong because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

New Heart English Bible
So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

Webster's Bible Translation
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.

World English Bible
So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Yahweh his God.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jotham doth strengthen himself, for he hath prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.

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Context
Jotham Reigns in Judah
5Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years. 6So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. 7As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 26:5
He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.

2 Chronicles 27:5
Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Jotham

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.

prepared.

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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(6) So Jotham became mighty.--The chronicler's customary phrase. "Strengthened himself," "gained strength" (2Chronicles 13:21).

Because he prepared.--For he directed his ways (Proverbs 21:29; comp. also 2Chronicles 12:14; 2Chronicles 20:33). Jotham directed his ways "before," i.e., in the chronicler's usage, "to meet," "towards" Jehovah his God. (Comp. 1Chronicles 12:17; 1Samuel 7:3.) "Direct your heart towards Jehovah." Perhaps, however, "before" simply means "as in the sight of" Jehovah. (Comp. Genesis 17:1, "walk before me.") . . .

Verse 6. - The virtue of the reflection of this verse is apparent. Prepared; Hebrew, הֵכִין; Revised Version, ordered; with some others (such as "set straight," etc.), a good rendering in keeping with other Old Testament renderings of words betokening moral habitude.

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Hebrew
So Jotham
יוֹתָ֑ם (yō·w·ṯām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3147: Jotham -- 'the LORD is perfect', three Israelites

grew powerful
וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֖ק (way·yiṯ·ḥaz·zêq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

because
כִּ֚י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he ordered
הֵכִ֣ין (hê·ḵîn)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3559: To be erect

his ways
דְּרָכָ֔יו (də·rā·ḵāw)
Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

before
לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

his God.
אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ (’ĕ·lō·hāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


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OT History: 2 Chronicles 27:6 So Jotham became mighty because he ordered (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr)
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