2 Kings 14:13
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
Note 400 cubits is approximately 600 feet or 182.9 meters.
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh and came to Jerusalem, then 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.
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- took Amaziah
- 2 Kings 25:6; 2 Chronicles 33:11; 2 Chronicles 36:6, 10; Job 40:11, 12; Proverbs 16:18; Proverbs 29:23; Isaiah 2:11, 12; Daniel 4:37; Luke 14:11
- the gate of Ephraim
- 2 Chronicles 25:23, 24; Nehemiah 8:16; Nehemiah 12:39
- the corner
- Jeremiah 31:38; Zechariah 14:10