Discovery Box2 Kings 14:13 
Context14:13 King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He 1 attacked 2 Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. 3
2 Kings 17:6
Context17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea’s reign, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the people of Israel 4 to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.
1 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.
2 tn Heb “came to.”
3 tn Heb “four hundred cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) long.
4 tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” as the object of the verb.
