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2 Chronicles 27:5

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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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third.

KJV

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.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 27

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
The Ammonites, who had submitted to Uzziah 2Ch 26:8, revolted against Jotham. This revolt he firmly repressed; and, to punish it, he exacted a high rate of tribute for the three years following the termination of the war. The productiveness of the Ammonite country in grain, which is here indicated, has been remarked upon as extraordinary by modern travelers.

This site's exposition

the king of the Ammonites

The Ammonites had already submitted to Uzziah at 26:8; here they revolt, and Jotham prevails against them, a war Kings never mentions at all. The tribute is exact: a hundred talents of silver and ten thousand measures each of wheat and barley, paid the same year and again the second and third, a scale that marks real subjugation rather than a token gift. Chronicles alone keeps this record, one more entry in its pattern of kings who prospered because they sought the Lord.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But when Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, king of Israel, combined to attack the kingdom of Judah, they took the opportunity of revolting, and Jotham was too distracted by other matters to attempt the reconquest (see on 2Ki 15:37).

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He fought also with - the Ammonites - We find here that he brought them under a heavy tribute for three years; but whether this was the effect of his prevailing against them, is not so evident. Some think that they paid this tribute for three years, and then revolted; that, in consequence, he attacked them, and their utter subjection was the result.

The words behind it

32 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְ֠הוּאand he

    vehu'H1931 →1879 times

  • נִלְחַ֞םhe waged war

    nilchamH3898 →177 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • בְּנֵי־[the] people of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • עַמּוֹן֮Ammon

    ʾamonH5983 →106 times

  • וַיֶּחֱזַ֣קand he prevailed

    vaiyechezakH2388 →291 times

  • עֲלֵיהֶם֒over them

    ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times

  • וַיִּתְּנוּ־and they gave

    vaiyitenu-H5414 →2011 times

  • ל֨וֹto him

    lo

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] people of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • עַמּ֜וֹןAmmon

    amonH5983 →106 times

  • בַּשָּׁנָ֣הin the year

    bashanahH8141 →877 times

  • הַהִ֗יא<the> that

    hahi'H1931 →1879 times

  • מֵאָה֙one hundred

    meahH3967 →581 times

  • כִּכַּר־talent[s] of

    kikar-H3603 →68 times

  • כֶּ֔סֶףsilver

    kesefH3701 →403 times

  • וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶתand ten

    vaaseretH6235 →176 times

  • אֲלָפִ֤יםthousand<s>

    ʾalafimH505 →505 times

  • כֹּרִים֙cors

    korimH3734 →9 times

  • חִטִּ֔יםwheat<s>

    chitimH2406 →30 times

  • וּשְׂעוֹרִ֖יםand barley<s>

    useorimH8184 →34 times

  • עֲשֶׂ֣רֶתten

    ʾaseretH6235 →176 times

  • אֲלָפִ֑יםthousand<s>

    ʾalafimH505 →505 times

  • זֹ֗אתthis

    zotH2063 →603 times

  • הֵשִׁ֤יבוּthey brought

    heshivuH7725 →1056 times

  • לוֹ֙to him

    lo

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • עַמּ֔וֹן סAmmon

    amonH5983 →106 times

  • וּבַשָּׁנָ֥הand in the year

    uvashanahH8141 →877 times

  • הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית<the> second

    hashenitH8145 →156 times

  • וְהַשְּׁלִשִֽׁית׃and <the> third

    vehashelishitH7992 →107 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Chronicles 20:1After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.2 worksJeremiah 49:1–6Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?2 works2 Samuel 10:1–14Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.2 worksJudges 11:4–33Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel2 works1 Chronicles 19:6When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 20:1

    After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 19:11

      Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to…

    • Isaiah 8:9–10

      Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!

    • Isaiah 16:6

      We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.

    • 2 Chronicles 32:1

      After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

    • Psalms 83:5–8

      For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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