After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, , came to fight against Jehoshaphat.
2 Chronicles 27:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He waged war against the king of the Ammonites. He overpowered the Ammonites, and that year they gave him 3.5 tonnes of silver, two million two hundred thousand litres of wheat, and two million two hundred thousand of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. The Ammonites gave him that year 100 talents of silver and 10,000 measures each of wheat and of barley. That much the Ammonites paid to him also the second year and third year. American Standard Version (1901) He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third. Common English Bible He fought against the king of the Ammonites and defeated the Ammonites. They paid him one hundred kikkars of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand kors of barley that year and for the next two years. Catholic Public Domain Version He fought against the king of the sons of Ammon, and he defeated them. And at that time, the sons of Ammon gave to him one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cor of wheat, and the same number of cor of barley. These things the sons of Ammon offered to him in the second and third year. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and overcame them: and the children of Ammon gave him at that time a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and as many measures of barley. So much did the children of Ammon give him in the second and third year. |
After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, , came to fight against Jehoshaphat.
The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the entrance of Egypt, for God made him very powerful.
He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
So Jotham strengthened his position because he did not waver in obeying the Lord his God.