2 Chronicles 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.”
2 Chronicles 27:5 — King James Version
Verse 5 of 9 in 2 Chronicles chapter 27 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
2 Chronicles 27:5 in other translations
- World English Bible
- “He also fought with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. The children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. The children of Ammon also gave that much to him in the second year, and in the third.”
- American Standard Version
- “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.”
2 Chronicles 27 — full chapter (King James Version)
was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in . His mother’s name also was , the daughter of . And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father did: howbeit he entered not into the of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly. He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and the wall of he built much. Moreover he built cities in the mountains of , and in the forests he built castles and towers. He fought also with the king of the , and prevailed against them. And the children of gave him the same year an hundred of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. So became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. Now the rest of the acts of , and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are of the kings of and . He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in . And slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of : and his son reigned in his stead.