23 King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz,[a](A) at Beth-shemesh. Then Jehoash took him to Jerusalem and broke down 200 yards[b] of Jerusalem’s wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.[c](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:23 = Ahaziah in 2Kg 14:13
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:23 Lit 400 cubits
  3. 2 Chronicles 25:23 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss read to Happoneh

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