The LORD was with Yehoshafat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Ba`alim,
2 Chronicles 27:6 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) So Yotam became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Jotham grew mighty, for he ordered his ways in the sight of the Lord his God. American Standard Version (1901) So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God. Common English Bible Jotham was securely established because he maintained a faithful life before the LORD his God. Catholic Public Domain Version And Jotham was strengthened, because he had directed his way before the Lord his God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Joatham was strengthened, because he had his way directed before the Lord his God. |
The LORD was with Yehoshafat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Ba`alim,
but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his mitzvot, and not after the doings of Yisra'el.
Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asherot out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.
He set himself to seek God in the days of Zekharyah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
He fought also with the king of the children of `Ammon, and prevailed against them. The children of `Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of `Ammon render to him, in the second year also, and in the third.