6Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the Lord his God.
6Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the Lord his God.
3 Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the Lord and did extensive work on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
4 He built towns in the Judean hills and forts and towers in the wooded areas.
5 Jotham made war on the king of the Ammonites and conquered them. That year the Ammonites paid him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand cors of barley. The Ammonites brought him the same amount also in the second and third years.
6 Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the Lord his God.
7 The other events in Jotham's reign, including all his wars and the other things he did, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
8 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
27:6So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
27:6And Joatham was strengthened, be- cause he had his way directed before the Lord his God.
27:6So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.
27:6And Jotham became strong, for he prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.
27:6So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
27:6So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
27:6So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Yahweh his God.
27:6And Jotham doth strengthen himself, for he hath prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.
27:6So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.