23 King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz,[a](A) at Beth-shemesh. Then Jehoash took him to Jerusalem and broke down 200 yards[b] of Jerusalem’s wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.[c](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:23 = Ahaziah in 2Kg 14:13
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:23 Lit 400 cubits
  3. 2 Chronicles 25:23 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss read to Happoneh

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

10 All the land from Geba(A) to Rimmon(B) south of Jerusalem will be changed into a plain. But Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain[a] on its site from the Benjamin Gate(C) to the place of the First Gate,[b] to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.(D)

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  1. Zechariah 14:10 Or will be inhabited
  2. Zechariah 14:10 Or the former gate

10 The whole land, from Geba(A) to Rimmon,(B) south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up(C) high from the Benjamin Gate(D) to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate,(E) and from the Tower of Hananel(F) to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place.(G)

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