23 And Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, son of (A)Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for 400 cubits,[a] from (B)the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:23 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

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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  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

and he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that he had received at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was wounded.

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so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramoth[a] in his battle with Hazael(A) king of Aram.

Then Ahaziah[b] son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab because he had been wounded.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 22:6 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramoth
  2. 2 Chronicles 22:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:29); most Hebrew manuscripts Azariah