2 Kings 14:13

13 King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s king, Amaziah son of Joash and grandson of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then he marched to Jerusalem, where he demolished 600 feet of Jerusalem’s wall, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

2 Kings 14:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 14:13

And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son
of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh
And then they looked one another in the face indeed, but Amaziah must look very silly:

and came to Jerusalem;
the metropolis of Judah, with his royal prisoner:

and broke down the wall of Jerusalem;
in at the breach of which he went with his chariot, as Josephus says F5, in triumph:

from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits;
the gate of Ephraim was to the north of the city, towards the tribe of Ephraim, from whence it had its name; and the corner gate was that which joined the northern and western walls together, or rather the northern and eastern walls; for Rauwolff says F6, there is still the corner gate in its old place, where the north and east walls meet on large and high rocks, and is still called by some the gate of Naphtali.


FOOTNOTES:

F5 Antiqu. l. 9. c. 9. sect. 3.
F6 Travels, par. 3. ch. 3. p. 228. by Ray.

2 Kings 14:13 In-Context

11 But Amaziah refused to listen, so King Jehoash of Israel mobilized his army against King Amaziah of Judah. The two armies drew up their battle lines at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
12 Judah was routed by the army of Israel, and its army scattered and fled for home.
13 King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s king, Amaziah son of Joash and grandson of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then he marched to Jerusalem, where he demolished 600 feet of Jerusalem’s wall, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
14 He carried off all the gold and silver and all the articles from the Temple of the LORD . He also seized the treasures from the royal palace, along with hostages, and then returned to Samaria.
15 The rest of the events in Jehoash’s reign and everything he did, including the extent of his power and his war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew 400 cubits [180 meters].
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