2 Chronicles 27:5

HE SUBDUES THE AMMONITES. (Ch2 27:5-9)

He fought also with the king of the Ammonites--This invasion he not only repelled, but, pursuing the Ammonites into their own territory, he imposed on them a yearly tribute, which, for two years, they paid. 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 Kg2 15:37).

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

2Ch 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.

Ver. 5. Both the second year, and the third.] After which, it is like, he exacted not so much of them.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

27:5 Uzziah had received tribute from the Ammonites (26:8), and Jotham continued to dominate their territory east of the Jordan. The end of these payments after three years might have been because of Jotham’s preoccupation with fighting Israel and Aram (2 Kgs 15:37).

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Or, yearly.

Hebrew, Corim.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Verse 5. 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.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

(5) He fought also with the king of the Ammonites.—“He also,” like his father, “fought with the king of the sons of Ammon.” They no doubt had refused the tribute imposed on them by Uzziah; but Jotham quelled their resistance, and they paid him a fixed contribution for three successive years.

The same year.—In that year; the year of the revolt.

Ten thousand measures.—Kôrîm. The kor was perhaps equivalent to our quarter. (Comp. 1Ki_4:22; 2Ch_2:10.)

The land of Ammon is fertile of grain even at the present day.

So much . . . and the third.—Rather, This (tribute) did the bnê Ammon restore to him (i.e., after withholding it during the year of rebellion); and in the second year, and the third. After three annual payments, the tribute was again suspended, perhaps because the Ammonites took advantage of the outbreak of the Syro-Ephraite war, which took place towards the end of the reign (2Ki_15:37). There is no note of time in the text.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

5. the Ammonites] Cp. 2Ch_20:1 ff.; 2Ch_26:8.

an hundred talents of silver] Cp. 2Ki_23:33.

measures] Heb. côrîm. A côr (= a ḥômer, Eze_45:14, R.V.) was a dry measure holding 393.9 litres.

pay unto him, both the second year, and the third] R.V. render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

So Jotham became mighty,.... Having built towers and castles, and fortified cities, and conquered his enemies:

because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God; ordered, directed, and guided them according to the word and will of God, and walked as in the sight of God, having the fear of him continually before him.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

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.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Measures, (coros.) Heb. corim, also, (H.) means an "ass;" as this burden was sufficient for one, being equivalent to 30 Romans bushels. Cornelius a Lapide) M. --- Give him. Sept. adds, "These things did the king of Ammon bring to him every year, in the first year, and in the second, and the third." H. --- After paying tribute three years, the Ammonites revolted, and were subdued by Joatham, as they had been by his father, C. xxvi. 7.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

The king of the Ammonites, it seems, endeavoured to shake off the yoke which from David’s time had been put upon them.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

He fought the King of the Ammonites. No allusion is made to the matter of this verse in the parallel, which contains a statement of the Syrian Rezin"s attack or threatened invasion of Judah; as well as Pekah"s, son of Remaliah King of Israel. Of the Ammonites" defeat by Uzziah we have just heard (foregoing chapter, ver. 8). A general statement is all that is made there of the gifts or tribute, they then had to pay. The present tribute was a heavy payment, and enforced for three, years. The "wheat" and "barley," in which payment was largely made bespeak the fertile arable quality of the Ammonite land, and this is noticed by travellers to the present day.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

He fought also with the king of the people of Ammon

You may need to translate so that the reader understands that Jothan led his army to fight. AT: "He also led his army to fight with the king of the people of Ammon" (See: Synecdoche)

with the king of the people of Ammon

You may need to translate so that the reader understands that the king of Ammon led his army to fight. AT: "with the king of Ammon and his army" (See: Synecdoche)

one hundred talents of silver

You may convert this to a modern measure. A "talent" is equivalent to 33 kilograms. AT: "100 talents of silver" or "3,300 kilograms of silver" (See: Biblical Weight and Numbers)

ten thousand measures of wheat

You may convert this to a modern measure. The word translated here as "measure" is "cor" and is equivalent to 220 liters. AT: "10,000 measures of wheat" or "2,200 kiloliters of wheat" (See: Biblical Volume and Numbers)

ten thousand measures of barley

You may convert this to a modern measure. The word translated here as "measure" is "cor" and is equivalent to 220 liters. AT: "10,000 measures of barley" or "2,200 kiloliters of barley" (See: Biblical Volume and Numbers)

in the second and third years

"in the second and third years after he defeated them"

translationWords

Ammon

wheat

barley

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