2 Chronicles 27:2 — Meaning and Application

2 Chronicles 27:1

"Jotham {was} twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also {was} Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok."

2 Chronicles 27:3

"He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. {Ophel: or, the tower}"

2 Chronicles 27:4

"Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers."

2 Chronicles 27:5

"He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. {So...: Heb. This}"

2 Chronicles 27:6

"So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. {prepared: or, established}"