3. He built the upper gate of Yahweh’s house, and he built much on the wall of Ophel.
4. Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.
5. 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.