The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father; he did not seek the Baals,
2 Chronicles 27:6 - Revised Standard Version So Jotham 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 Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father; he did not seek the Baals,
but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the ways of Israel.
Nevertheless some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asherahs out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”
He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.
He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. And the Ammonites gave him that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and the third years.