2 Chronicles 27:6

6 So Jotham strengthened himself because he did not waver in obeying^[a] the Lord his God.^[b]

2 Chronicles 27:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 27:6

So Jotham became mighty
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.

2 Chronicles 27:6 In-Context

4 He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

5 He waged war against the king of the Ammonites. He overpowered the Ammonites, and that year they gave him 7,500 pounds of silver, 50,000 bushels of wheat, and 50,000 bushels of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

6 So Jotham strengthened himself because he did not waver in obeying the Lord his God.

7 As for the rest of the events of Jotham's [reign], along with all his wars and his ways, note that they are written about in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

8 He was 25 years old when he became king; he reigned 16 years in Jerusalem.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit he established his ways before
• [b]. 2 Ch 1:1; 1 Sm 30:6