2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 25:21–23

²¹So Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah. ²²And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his own home.

²³There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz.^d

Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate — a section of four hundred cubits.^e

Footnotes

d 25:23 Jehoahaz is a variant of Ahaziah.
e 25:23 400 cubits is approximately 600 feet or 182.9 meters.

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2 Chronicles 25:21

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Jehoash	יוֹאָ֤שׁ	yō·w·’āš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3101 Joash
king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
advanced	וַיַּ֨עַל	way·ya·‘al	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
and he	ה֖וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
and Amaziah	וַאֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ	wa·’ă·maṣ·yā·hū	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H558 Amatsjah
king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
faced	פָנִ֔ים	p̄ā·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H6440 face, before
each other	וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ	way·yiṯ·rā·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7200 see
at Beth-shemesh	שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ	še·meš	Preposition; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1053 Beth-Shemesh
in Judah	לִיהוּדָֽה׃	lî·hū·ḏāh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah

2 Chronicles 25:22

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And Judah	יְהוּדָ֖ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
was routed	וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף	way·yin·nā·ḡep̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5062 strike, smite
before	לִפְנֵ֣י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
and every man	אִ֥ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
fled	וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ	way·yā·nu·sū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5127 flee, escape
to his own home	לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃	lə·’ō·hā·lāw	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H168 tent

2 Chronicles 25:23

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
There at Beth-shemesh	שָׁ֑מֶשׁ	šā·meš	Preposition; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1053 Beth-Shemesh
Jehoash	יוֹאָ֣שׁ	yō·w·’āš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3101 Joash
king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
captured	תָּפַ֛שׂ	tā·p̄aś	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H8610 lay hold of, wield
Amaziah	אֲמַצְיָ֨הוּ	’ă·maṣ·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H558 Amatsjah
king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Judah	יְהוּדָ֜ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
the son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Joash	יוֹאָ֥שׁ	yō·w·’āš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3101 Joash
the son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Jehoahaz	יְהוֹאָחָ֗ז	yə·hō·w·’ā·ḥāz	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3059 Jehoachaz
Then Jehoash brought him	וַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙	way·ḇî·’ê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to Jerusalem	יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
and broke down	וַיִּפְרֹ֞ץ	way·yip̄·rōṣ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6555 break through
the wall	בְּחוֹמַ֣ת	bə·ḥō·w·maṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H2346 wall
of Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
from the Ephraim	אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙	’ep̄·ra·yim	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H669 Ephraim
Gate	מִשַּׁ֤עַר	miš·ša·‘ar	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8179 gate
to	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the Corner	הַפּוֹנֶ֔ה	hap·pō·w·neh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6437 turn
Gate	שַׁ֣עַר	ša·‘ar	Noun - masculine singular	H8179 gate
four	אַרְבַּ֥ע	’ar·ba‘	Number - feminine singular construct	H702 four
hundred	מֵא֖וֹת	mê·’ō·wṯ	Number - feminine plural	H3967 hundred
cubits	אַמָּֽה׃	’am·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H520 ell, cubit

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