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2 Chronicles 27

2 Chronicles 27:5

Jotham Reigns in Judah · 2 Chronicles 27:1–9
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Translations

Modern
Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And He fought with the king of the sons of Ammon, and he prevailed over them, and the sons of Ammon gave to him in that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. This the sons of Ammon paid to him in the second year and in the third.
Latin
Ipse pugnavit contra regem filiorum Ammon, et vicit eos, dederuntque ei filii Ammon in tempore illo centum talenta argenti, et decem millia coros tritici, ac totidem coros hordei: hæc ei præbuerunt filii Ammon in anno secundo et tertio.

Original

Hebrew
English
Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

Notes

2 Chronicles 27:5

Uzziah received tribute from the Ammonites (2 Chronicles 26:8), and Jotham continued to control their land east of the Jordan. These payments stopped after three years, possibly because Jotham was busy fighting Israel and Aram (2 Kings 15:37).

Theme notes and profiles

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Measurements

  • a hundred talents of silver: About 3.77 t (3.42 mt)
  • ten thousand cors of wheat: About 62,400 bu (2.2M l)

Parallels

2 Kings 15:32–38

Places

Ammon: An ancient nation and its capital city, enemies of Israel

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Jotham Uzziah

Topics

Ammonites: Defeated by the Israelites Barley: Tribute In Cor: Rendered Measure In Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Jotham Measure: A Cor, Equal to One Homer or Ten Ephahs, Equal to About Eleven and One-Ninth Bushels The Ammonites: Defeated by Jotham