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- 2 Chronicles
- Chapter 25
- Verse 23
2 Chronicles 25:23
And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
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We have here this degenerate prince mortified by his neighbour and murdered by his own subjects.
I. Never was proud prince more thoroughly mortified than Amaziah was by Joash king of Israel.
1. This…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the son of Jehoahaz i.e. the son of Ahaziah, Jehoahaz and Ahaziah being varying forms of the same name; cp. 2Ch 21:17 (note).
brake down the wall Rather, made a breach (or breaches) in the wall. The…
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