2 CHRONICLES 25:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?”
Amaziah captured and humiliated — 'And Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, a distance of four hundred cubits' (ויאחז יואשׁ מלך ישׂראל את אמציה מלך יהודה בן יואשׁ בן אחזיהו בבית שׁמשׁ ויביאהו ירושׁלמה ויפרץ את חומת ירושׁלם משׁער אפרים עד שׁער הפנים ארבע מאות אמה). Jehoash captures the king and brings him to Jerusalem. The destruction of Jerusalem's walls — from the Gate of Ephraim (שׁער אפרים) to the Corner Gate, spanning 400 cubits (approximately 200 yards) — represents a humiliating breach of the capital's fortifications. The destruction demonstrates Judah's military impotence.
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