2 Kings 14:11-13

14:11 But Amaziah would not heed the warning, 1  so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. 2  He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face 3  in Beth Shemesh of Judah. 14:12 Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home. 4  14:13 King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He 5  attacked 6  Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. 7 

1 tn Heb “did not listen.”

2 tn Heb “went up.”

3 tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.”

4 tn Heb “and Judah was struck down before Israel and they fled, each to his tent.”

5 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.

6 tn Heb “came to.”

7 tn Heb “four hundred cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) long.