23 And Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, son of (A)Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for 400 cubits,[a] from (B)the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:23 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

23 Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah,[a] at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate(A) to the Corner Gate(B)—a section about four hundred cubits[b] long.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:23 Hebrew Jehoahaz, a variant of Ahaziah
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:23 That is, about 600 feet or about 180 meters

and you saw that (A)the breaches of the city of David were many. (B)You collected the waters of the lower pool, 10 and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.

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You saw that the walls of the City of David
    were broken through(A) in many places;
you stored up water
    in the Lower Pool.(B)
10 You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
    and tore down houses(C) to strengthen the wall.(D)

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