2 Crónicas 27:5

Listen to 2 Crónicas 27:5
5 Tambi茅n tuvo 茅l guerra con el rey de los hijos de Am贸n, a los cuales venci贸; y le dieron los hijos de Am贸n en aquel a帽o cien talentos de plata, y diez mil coros de trigo, y diez mil de cebada. Esto le dieron los amonitas, y lo mismo en el segundo a帽o, y en el tercero.

2 Crónicas 27:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 27:5

He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed
against them
These were brought into subjection by David; but in later times endeavoured to cast off the yoke, and even invaded the land of Judah, as in the days of Jehoshaphat, and now in the reign of Jotham, but succeeded not, see ( Amos 1:13 )

and the children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of
silver;
he obliged them to pay this tribute annually, and which they began to pay in the present year, and amounted to 35,330 pounds,

and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley;
the measure here is the "cor", the same with the "homer"; which, according to Godwin F8, held forty five gallons, or five bushels and five gallons, so that there must be upwards of 50,000 bushels of each of these paid to Jotham; according to Bishop Cumberland F9, a "cor", or "homer", held seventy five wine gallons, and upwards of five pints:

so much did the children of Ammon pay both the second year and the
third;
the two following years as well as the present one; why this tribute was not continued to be paid cannot be said with certainty, whether the Ammonites refused and revolted, and could not be obliged, or whether the agreement was only for three years.


FOOTNOTES:

F8 Moses & Aaron, l. 6. c. 9.
F9 Scripture Weights and Measures, ch. 3. p. 86.
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2 Crónicas 27:5 In-Context

3 Edific贸 茅l la puerta mayor de la Casa del SE脩OR, y en el muro de la fortaleza edific贸 mucho.
4 Adem谩s edific贸 ciudades en las monta帽as de Jud谩, y labr贸 palacios y torres en los bosques.
5 Tambi茅n tuvo 茅l guerra con el rey de los hijos de Am贸n, a los cuales venci贸; y le dieron los hijos de Am贸n en aquel a帽o cien talentos de plata, y diez mil coros de trigo, y diez mil de cebada. Esto le dieron los amonitas, y lo mismo en el segundo a帽o, y en el tercero.
6 As铆 que Jotam fue fortificado, porque prepar贸 sus caminos delante del SE脩OR su Dios.
7 Lo dem谩s de los hechos de Jotam, y todas sus guerras, y sus caminos, he aqu铆 est谩 escrito en el libro de los reyes de Israel y de Jud谩.
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