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2 Chronicles 27:6

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Chronicles 27:6 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.
2 Chronicles 27:6 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 27

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
3He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
4Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
5He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third.
6So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.
7Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
8He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9And 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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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“So Jotham became mighty, etc.] Having built towers and castles, and fortified cities, and conquered his enemies: because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God; ordered, directed, and guided them according to the word and will of God, and walked as in the sight of God, having the fear of him continually before him.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Jotham: Ch2 26:5 prepared: or, established, Ch2 19:3 2 Chronicles 27:7”
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