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He made war with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. That year the Ammonites gave to him one hundred talents[a] of silver, ten thousand kors[b] of wheat, and ten thousand kors[c] of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and third years as well.

So Jotham was strengthened because he established his ways before the Lord his God.

And the remainder of the acts of Jotham, all his wars and ways, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 27:5 About 3¾ tons, or 3.4 metric tons.
  2. 2 Chronicles 27:5 Likely about 1,800 tons, or 1,600 metric tons of wheat.
  3. 2 Chronicles 27:5 Likely about 1,500 tons, or 1,350 metric tons of barley.