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The king of Egypt removed him at Jerusalem
The idiom "removed him at Jerusalem" means that he caused him no longer to be king in Jerusalem. Alternate translation: "The king of Egypt removed him from being king in Jerusalem" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)
mulcted the land
Here the word "land" represents the people who lived there. Alternate translation: "mulcted the people of the land" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold
You may convert this to a modern measure. A talent was about 33 kilograms. Alternate translation: "thirty-three hundred kilograms of silver and thirty-three kilograms of gold" or "about 3,300 kilograms of silver and 33 kilograms of gold" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bmoney and rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers)