2 Kings 14:13

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Summary

And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

Took amaziah

The gate of ephraim

2 Chronicles 25:23

Nehemiah 8:16

Nehemiah 12:39

The corner

Jeremiah 31:38

Zechariah 14:10

Bible References

Took amaziah

So they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and {they passed sentence on him}.

So Yahweh brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria upon them, and they took Manasseh captive with hooks, and they bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon went up against him, and he bound him with bronze fetters to bring him to Babylon.

Pour out the overflowing of your anger, and look at all [the] proud, and humble them.

Before destruction [comes] pride, and before a fall, a haughty spirit.

The pride of a person will bring him humiliation, and the lowly of spirit will obtain honor.

The {haughty eyes} of humanity will be brought low, and the pride of everyone will be humbled, and Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the king of heaven, for all his works [are] truth, and his ways [are] justice and that he is able to humble those who walk in pride."

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

The gate of ephraim

And Joash the king of Israel captured Amaziah the king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-Shemesh. And they brought him [to] Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.

So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, in their courtyards, in the courtyards of the house of God, in the public square of the Water Gate, and in the public square of the Gate of Ephraim.

and over the Gate of Ephraim, at the Old Gate, at the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, and [to] the Sheep Gate. And they [stopped and] stood at the Gate of the Guard.

The corner

"Look, days [are] coming," {declares} Yahweh, "and the city will be rebuilt for Yahweh, from the Tower of Hananel [to] the Corner Gate.

All the land will be transformed into a desert plateau from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But it will rise up high and it will stay in its place from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of [the] former gate, up to the Corner Gate and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.