2 Kings 14:13

13 And Jeho'ash king of Israel captured Amazi'ah king of Judah, the son of Jeho'ash, son of Ahazi'ah, at Beth-she'mesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for four hundred cubits, from the E'phraim 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 Amazi'ah would not listen. So Jeho'ash king of Israel went up, and he and Amazi'ah king of Judah faced one another in battle at Beth-she'mesh, which belongs to Judah.
12 And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his home.
13 And Jeho'ash king of Israel captured Amazi'ah king of Judah, the son of Jeho'ash, son of Ahazi'ah, at Beth-she'mesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for four hundred cubits, from the E'phraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
14 And he seized all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house, also hostages, and he returned to Sama'ria.
15 Now the rest of the acts of Jeho'ash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amazi'ah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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