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2 Chronicles 27:5

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

2 Chronicles 27:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 27:5

Theological / Devotional

Ammonites. After the death of Uzziah the Ammonites probably refused the accustomed payment of tribute (ch. 26:8), but Jotham reduced them again to submission.

And the third. For three years Ammon continued to send tribute to Jotham and then presumably stopped. This is believed to have occurred at the time Ahaz took over the throne after Jotham’s sole reign (of probably only 4 years). The total length given for Jotham’s reign is 16 years (vs. 1, 8), but for the first period of it—quite likely for about 12 years—Jotham is believed to have been coregent with Uzziah. On Jotham’s 20 years versus his 16 years (2 Kings 15:30, 33), see Vol. II, p. 150.

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