2 Chronicles 25:21-28

25:21 So King Joash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other on the battlefield¹ in Beth Shemesh of Judah. 25:22 Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home.² 25:23 King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet.³ 25:24 He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in God’s temple that were in the care of Obed-Edom, the riches in the royal palace, and some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria.

25:25 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Joash son of Jehoahaz of Israel. 25:26 The rest of the events of Amaziah’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel.⁴ 25:27 From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem,⁵ so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him⁶ and they killed him there. 25:28 His body was carried back by horses,⁷ and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors⁸ in the City of David.⁹

¹tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.” See the note on the expression “Come on, face me on the battlefield” in v. 17.

²tn Heb “and Judah was struck down before Israel and they fled, each to his tent.”

³tn Heb “400 cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the distance would have been about 600 feet (180 m).

⁴tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Amaziah, the former and the latter, are they not – behold, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel.”

⁵tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”

⁶tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”

⁷tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”

⁸tn Heb “fathers.”

⁹tc The Hebrew text has “Judah,” but some medieval mss read “David,” as does the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 14:20.