2 Chronicles 27:5He fought also 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, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render to him, in the second year also, and in the third.
The setting
Trans-Jordan plateau, ~745 BC. The Ammonite king counts out massive tribute payment — 100 talents of silver (7,500 pounds), plus grain equivalent to feeding 50,000 people for a year — in modern-day Jordan.
The emotion here: recording divine vindication with satisfaction
The original word
ḥāzaq (חָזַק) — to be strong, firm, courageous in battle
Why it matters
One hundred talents of silver was equivalent to about 15 years' wages for a common worker
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Chronicles 27:5
This tribute continued for THREE YEARS — it wasn't just one victory but sustained dominance
Common misconceptionModern readers assume this was about territory or greed, but Ammon had been raiding Judean villages for decades. This tribute was war reparations for protection.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
2 Chronicles 27:5 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Chronicles 27:5 comes from the book of 2 Chronicles, written during the Divided Kingdom period. The setting is the battlefield. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is joyful, with a comfort power of 40% and a tone that is celebratory. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include victory, prosperity, divine blessing. Notable phrases: fought; prevailed; hundred talents.
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— Isaiah 9:6
“For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:22
“"Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?"”
— 1 Corinthians 15:55
“Rejoice always.”
— 1 Thessalonians 5:16
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:17
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