2 Chronicles 27:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֖ק יוֹתָ֑ם כִּ֚י הֵכִ֣ין דְּרָכָ֔יו לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wa-yitḥazzēq yôtām kî hēkîn dərākāyw li-p̄nê YHWH ʾĕlōhāyw

Grammar Details

*wa*-*yitḥazzēq*: conjunction + Hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he strengthened himself
*yôtām*: proper name - Jotham
*kî*: conjunction - because/for
*hēkîn*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he established/prepared
*dərākāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his ways
*li*-*p̄nê*: preposition + construct plural noun - before/in presence of
*YHWH*: divine name - YHWH
*ʾĕlōhāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his God

Word Meanings

*yitḥazzēq*: strengthened himself/became powerful/grew strong
*hēkîn*: established/prepared/made firm
*dərākāyw*: his ways/his paths/his conduct
*li*-*p̄nê*: before/in the presence of/in the sight of

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 26:5 : 5 And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper.
2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God.

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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.
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2 Chr 27:5
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2 Chr 27:1-3
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1Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
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2 Kgs 15:38
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2 Chr 20:20
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