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Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple and did extensive work on the wall of the elevated fortress.[a] He built towns in Judah’s highlands and fortresses and towers in the wooded areas. He fought against the king of the Ammonites and defeated the Ammonites. They paid him one hundred kikkars of silver, ten thousand kors[b] of wheat, and ten thousand kors of barley that year and for the next two years. Jotham was securely established because he maintained a faithful life before the Lord his God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 27:3 Or hillside; Heb uncertain
  2. 2 Chronicles 27:5 One kor is equivalent to a homer and is possibly equal to fifty gallons of grain.

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