2 Kings 14:13

14:13 King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He ¹  attacked ²  Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. ³ 

2 Kings 14:2

14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ⁴  His mother ⁵  was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 1:9

1:9 The king ⁶  sent a captain and his fifty soldiers ⁷  to retrieve Elijah. ⁸  The captain ⁹  went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. ¹⁰  He told him, “Prophet, ¹¹  the king says, ‘Come down!’”

[14:13]  ¹ tc The MT has the plural form of the verb, but the final vav (ו) is virtually dittographic. The word that immediately follows in the Hebrew text begins with a yod (י). The form should be emended to the singular, which is consistent in number with the verb (“he broke down”) that follows.

[14:13]  ² tn Heb “came to.”

[14:13]  ³ tn Heb “four hundred cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) long.

[14:2]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[1:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.”

[1:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “to him.”

[1:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:9]  ¹⁰ sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers.

[1:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).