2 Chronicles 25:23
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
Note Jehoahaz is a variant of Ahaziah.
Note 400 cubits is approximately 600 feet or 182.9 meters.
And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
Note the corner…: Heb. the gate of it that looketh
Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
Note A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters, so 400 cubits is about 200 yards or 184 meters.
And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- took Amaziah
- 2 Chronicles 33:11; 2 Chronicles 36:6, 10; Proverbs 16:18; Proverbs 29:23; Daniel 4:37; Obadiah 1:3; Luke 14:11
- Jehoahaz
- 2 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 22:1
- Ahaziah
- 2 Chronicles 22:6
- Azariah
- gate of Ephraim.
- Nehemiah 8:16; Nehemiah 12:39
- corner gate
- Heb. the gate of it that looketh.
- 2 Chronicles 26:9; Jeremiah 31:38