2 Kings 14:12-14
14:12 Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home. 1
14:13 King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He 2 attacked 3 Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. 4
14:14 He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and some hostages. 5 Then he went back to Samaria. 6 (
2 Kings 14:25
14:25 He restored the border of Israel from Lebo Hamath in the north to the sea of the Arabah in the south, 7 in accordance with the word of the Lord God of Israel announced through 8 his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.
1 tn Heb “and Judah was struck down before Israel and they fled, each to his tent.”
2 tc The MT has the plural form of the verb, but the final vav (ו) is virtually dittographic. The word that immediately follows in the Hebrew text begins with a yod (י). The form should be emended to the singular, which is consistent in number with the verb (“he broke down”) that follows.
3 tn Heb “came to.”
4 tn Heb “four hundred cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) long.
5 tn Heb “the sons of the pledges.”
6 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
7 tn The phrases “in the north” and “in the south” are added in the translation for clarification.
8 tn Heb “which he spoke by the hand of.”