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約坦建造了耶和華殿的上門;在俄斐勒的城牆上,他也有很多建設。 他在猶大山地建造城市,又在樹林中建造一些營寨和瞭望樓。 約坦和亞捫人的王交戰,戰勝了他們;那一年,亞捫人就獻給他三千四百公斤銀子,一千公噸小麥,一千公噸大麥;第二年和第三年,亞捫人也獻給他這個數目。

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Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the Lord and did extensive work on the wall at the hill of Ophel.(A) He built towns in the hill country of Judah and forts and towers in the wooded areas.

Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites(B) and conquered them. That year the Ammonites paid him a hundred talents[a] of silver, ten thousand cors[b] of wheat and ten thousand cors[c] of barley. The Ammonites brought him the same amount also in the second and third years.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 27:5 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
  2. 2 Chronicles 27:5 That is, probably about 1,800 tons or about 1,600 metric tons of wheat
  3. 2 Chronicles 27:5 That is, probably about 1,500 tons or about 1,350 metric tons of barley