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2 Chronicles 27:5

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The text records events during Jotham’s reign over Judah, immediately following his construction of hill country fortifications and preceding the statement that he grew powerful. It describes a military campaign against Ammon and the subsequent tribute arrangement.

The words — The passage centers on נִלְחַם (nilcham) = he waged war, and וַיֶּחֱזַק (va-yechazak) = he prevailed.

The thread — The conflict with Ammon appears in Judges 11:4, 2 Samuel 10:1, and 2 Chronicles 20:1, though those texts describe different military encounters or a royal succession rather than a single continuous campaign.

Why it lands — The text states that Jotham defeated the Ammonite king and secured three consecutive years of silver and grain tribute. It asks the reader to note that material success and military victory are recorded here alongside the later declaration that Jotham’s strength grew because he ordered his ways before the LORD.

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The Hebrew words

וְ֠הוּאVe./hu'and/ heנִלְחַ֞םnil.Chamhe waged warעִם־'im-withמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofבְּנֵי־be.nei-[the] people ofעַמּוֹן֮'a.mOnAmmonוַיֶּחֱזַ֣קva/i.ye.che.Zakand/ he prevailedעֲלֵיהֶם֒'a.lei./Hemover/ themוַיִּתְּנוּ־va/i.yi.te.nu-and/ they gaveל֨וֹl/oto/ himבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-[the] people ofעַמּ֜וֹןa.MonAmmonבַּשָּׁנָ֣הba./sha.Nahin the/ yearהַהִ֗יאha./Hi'<the>/ thatמֵאָה֙me.'Ahone hundredכִּכַּר־ki.kar-talent[s] ofכֶּ֔סֶףKe.sefsilverוַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶתva./'a.Se.retand/ tenאֲלָפִ֤ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>כֹּרִים֙ko.Rimcorsחִטִּ֔יםchi.Timwheat<s>וּשְׂעוֹרִ֖יםu./se.'o.Rimand/ barley<s>עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת'a.Se.rettenאֲלָפִ֑ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>זֹ֗אתZotthisהֵשִׁ֤יבוּhe.Shi.vuthey broughtלוֹ֙l/oto/ himבְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofעַמּ֔וֹן סa.MonAmmonוּבַשָּׁנָ֥הu./va./sha.Nahand/ in the/ yearהַשֵּׁנִ֖יתha./she.Nit<the>/ secondוְהַשְּׁלִשִֽׁית׃ve./ha./she.li.Shitand/ <the>/ third

King James Version

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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