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.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. Measures, (coros.) Hebrew corim, also, ( Bible.) means an “ass;” as this burden was sufficient for one, being equivalent to 30 Romans bushels. A. Lapide. Menochius.—Give him. Septuagint adds, “These things did the king of Ammon bring to him every year, in the first year, and in the second, and the third.” Bible.—After paying tribute three years, the Ammonites revolted, and were subdued by Joatham, as they had been by his father. Calmet. 26:7.
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels. 10,000 cors of wheat would weigh about 1,640 metric tons.
10,000 cors of barley would weigh about 1,310 metric tons.